Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Aseptic Services

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer in the Aseptic Team. You will work in cleanrooms, dispensing and supporting the Aseptic Unit to provide chemotherapy across our three hospital sites plus the mobile chemotherapy unit.

You will supervise Assistant Technical Officers, assemble aseptic products, participate in training, manage stock, and ensure documentation and quality improvements across the unit.

Qualifications

• Experience in aseptic medicine preparation or similar sterile environments preferred.
• Ability to work under supervision while also taking initiative in process improvements.
• Strong attention to documentation and quality assurance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Dispense stock products using the CMM system.
• Organise workloads using the Patient Tracker List (PTL) and liaise with pharmacists on missed prescriptions.
• Assemble and prepare aseptic products under supervision of technical staff.
• Supervise Assistant Technical Officers in medicine preparation.
• Train new staff and contribute to ongoing training.
• Clean and monitor isolators and cleanrooms; document work performed.
• Participate in validations and continuous quality improvement.

Tools

CMM system

PTL management

Job description

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust EKHUFT has an exciting opportunity for a challenging role to join the Aseptic Team as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer. You will be part of a brilliant team working inside cleanrooms, making, dispensing and supporting the Aseptic Unit to provide chemotherapy to all of our Three Hospital Sites plus the mobile chemotherapy unit.

Dispense stock products using the CMM system.

Work the Patient Tracker List (PTL) organising workloads, communicating with pharmacists regarding prescriptions not received by deadlines.

Assemble and prepare aseptic products under the supervision of technical staff.

Directly supervise Assistant Technical Officers preparing medicines.

Take part in training future colleagues.

Clean and monitor the isolators and cleanrooms according to procedures and to document any work undertaken.

Undertake all required validations.

To contribute to the quality development and service improvement of the unit by continuous review of processes.

To unpack deliveries and participate in stock control and stock counting.

Help manage workload according to patient priority.

Maintain a wide range documentation.

Pack up and distribute finished treatments to correct destinations following local SOP's.

Answer the hatch and phone to visitors and other Health Care Staff.

Attend required training courses.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.