Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK seeks an experienced aseptic services pharmacy technician to manage the preparation and delivery of high-quality cancer therapy. Responsibilities include quality assurance management, regulatory compliance, and team leadership across multiple hospital sites. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and undergo the necessary pre-employment checks. Join a diverse team focused on providing world-class patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in aseptic services within a pharmacy setting.
• Strong leadership skills for managing pharmacy services.
• Ability to adapt to changing regulations and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation and delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy.
• Manage Pharmaceutical Quality System and controlled documentation.
• Conduct self-inspection for ongoing compliance with QA standards.
• Oversee production service and ensure compliance with pharmacy regulations.

Skills

Aseptic technique

Quality Assurance

Team management

Compliance with regulations

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced aseptic services pharmacy technician to lead and manage the preparation and delivery of safe and high quality Systemic Anti‑Cancer Therapy from Barnet Hospital Production Unit. The role will also involve implementation of new regulatory guidance as well as national agenda items that concern pharmacy aseptic services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the preparation and delivery of safe and high quality Systemic Anti‑Cancer Therapy.
• Manage the Pharmaceutical Quality System, ensuring controlled documentation is updated, deviations are managed, and any associated change controls are addressed.
• Conduct self‑inspection of the department to ensure ongoing compliance with QAAPS standards and implement contamination control strategy, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Work closely with the Education and Training coordinator to ensure team accreditations and validations are undertaken timely, and manage validation activities to assure safe and consistent processes, equipment and operator technique.
• Review Key Performance Indicators periodically and oversee the environmental monitoring programme.
• Oversee day‑to‑day delivery of the production service at Barnet Hospital, ensuring compliance with Section 10 pharmacy aseptic preparation, COSHH, Health and Safety, GMP, GCP and QA regulations.
• Develop and maintain all controlled documentation such as worksheets and SOPs in liaison with the Operational Lead Pharmacist and RFH Quality Assurance, reviewing and updating them regularly and removing out‑of‑date documents from circulation.
• Ensure all quality exceptions and deviations from SOPs are reported to Quality Assurance via the EQMS quality management system, are appropriately documented and resolved in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all environmental monitoring is carried out at the required times and frequencies by appropriately trained staff.
• Ensure that the clean rooms are operating within specification prior to manufacture.
• Work cross‑site between Barnet and Hampstead sites and, in the future, any other NHS hospitals that join the Group Model; adapt to a rationalised single‑site base if required.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
• Must undergo pre‑employment checks, including identity and right‑to‑work verification, DBS (CRB) if regulated activities are involved, and an electronic new‑starter form process.
• Will be required to capture images of relevant documents and a selfie for facial matching through a certified identity verification service provider (e.g., TrustID).
• Compliance with the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
• Contribute to the transfer of applicant information to the Trust's preferred applicant management system and the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system, as agreed upon.
• Accept that the Trust will only communicate via official recruitment email addresses (e.g., @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net) and that no payments will be requested.

Working for our organisation

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free Hospitals and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world‑class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world‑class teaching and research, and we continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences, to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.