Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services

Global Marketing Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity with Global Marketing Group for a Band 7 Operations Chief Technician in Pharmacy Production Services. This position involves leading the aseptic preparation and ensuring high standards of quality and compliance in a renowned NHS foundation trust. You will manage a team, implement regulatory guidance, and oversee all aspects of production at Barnet Hospital, ensuring the safe delivery of systemic anti-cancer therapy.

Qualifications

• Experienced aseptic services pharmacy technician required.
• Significant involvement in compliance with QAAPS standards.
• Ability to manage pharmaceutical quality systems and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage preparation and delivery of chemotherapy.
• Ensure compliance with pharmacy aseptic preparation regulations.
• Develop and maintain controlled documentation and SOPs.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Management

Aseptic Preparation

Regulatory Compliance

Training and Development

Job description

Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services

Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services

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A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

The role will involve managing the Pharmaceutical Quality System to ensure that controlled documentation is updated to ensure safe and consistent practice, as well as managing Deviations effectively and any associated Change Controls which may arise from them. They will also have significant involvement with self-inspection of the department to ensure continuing compliance with QAAPS standards and ensure that the contamination control strategy for the facility is implemented and risks identified and safely mitigated.

The postholder will also work closely with the Education and Training coordinator to ensure that team accreditations and validations are undertaken in a timely manner to ensure safe preparation and delivery of treatment, as well as manage validation activities to provide assurance of safe and consistent processes, equipment and operator technique. They will also be involved with periodic review of Key Performance Indicators as well as oversee the environmental monitoring programme.

To manage and be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day delivery of the production service at Barnet Hospital, ensuring that the service complies with all current regulatory requirements of Section 10 pharmacy aseptic preparation, and operating within the bounds of COSHH, Health and Safety, GMP, GCP and QA regulations.

To develop and maintain all controlled documentation such as worksheets and standard operating procedures, in liaison with the Operational Lead Pharmacist and RFH Quality Assurance. To ensure that all relevant documentation is reviewed on a regular basis, updated as necessary and all out-of-date documentation is taken out of circulation.

To ensure all quality exceptions and deviations from SOPs are reported to Quality Assurance via the EQMS quality management system, are appropriately documented and that resolution of problems are undertaken in a timely fashion.

To ensure that all environmental monitoring is carried out at the required time and frequency, by appropriately trained staff.

To ensure that the clean rooms are operating within specification prior to manufacture.

The post-holder may need to work cross-site between Barnet and Hampstead sites and in future any other NHS hospitals that joins the Group Model. If in future the services are rationalised to one site then the post holder will be expected to work from that base.

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.

The Pharmacy department is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this internationally renowned teaching hospital.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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