Chief Technician - Pharmacy Aseptic Services

The Methodist Church in Britain; Slough; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust's Wexham Park Hospital seeks a Chief Technician for Pharmacy Aseptic Services to lead the unit supplying cancer medicines and oversee the planned new aseptic unit. The role requires GPhC registered pharmacy technicians and strong management experience.

You will work across Frimley Park and Wexham Park, with evening/weekend rota duties, ensuring compliance with GMP/GDP and advancing staff training and accreditation while delivering high-quality aseptically

Qualifikationen

• NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• CPD aligned with GPhC requirements, up to date in pharmacy aseptics.
• Evidence of GMP and quality assurance training.
• Management training course (in-house or regional).

Aufgaben

• Support the Accountable Pharmacist for Aseptic Services in leading and managing the Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit, giving expert advice and problem solving
• Lead the operational delivery of the unit, ensuring a high-quality supply of aseptically prepared medicines, made in-house and outsourced
• Lead a team of technicians and pharmacy staff working to SOPs and GCP, GMP and GDP, and act as a knowledge base for the wider team
• Advise on planning the new aseptic unit and the validation needed before it opens safely, and lead the validation of the unit and staff
• Ensure the workforce is suitably trained and accredited
• Work with the Accountable Pharmacist to ensure compliance with current legislation
• Collaborate with colleagues across Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitals to deliver an effective aseptic service

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Problem solving

Team management

GMP knowledge

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

Management training course

CPD aligned with GPhC requirements

GMP training certification

Tools

Word

Excel

Wellsky

Epic (Beacon module)

Jobbeschreibung

This Chief Technician post in Pharmacy Aseptic Services at Wexham Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, is to replace a postholder who is retiring. The work centres on leading the aseptic unit that supplies cancer SACT, including planning a new unit and its validation before it opens. The post is full-time with evening, weekend and bank holiday rota duties, working across the Frimley Park and Wexham Park sites. Applicants must be registered with the GPhC as pharmacy technicians.

What the job involves

• Support the Accountable Pharmacist for Aseptic Services in leading and managing the Pharmacy Aseptic Services Unit, giving expert advice and problem solving
• Lead the operational delivery of the unit, ensuring a high-quality supply of aseptically prepared medicines, made in-house and outsourced
• Lead a team of technicians and pharmacy staff working to SOPs and GCP, GMP and GDP, and act as a knowledge base for the wider team
• Advise on planning the new aseptic unit and the validation needed before it opens safely, and lead the validation of the unit and staff
• Ensure the workforce is suitably trained and accredited
• Work with the Accountable Pharmacist to ensure compliance with current legislation
• Collaborate with colleagues across Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitals to deliver an effective aseptic service

Qualifications

• Management training course, in house or regional
• NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• CPD in line with GPhC requirements, up to date in pharmacy aseptics
• Evidence of GMP and quality assurance training

Registration & licences

• Current GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician

Experience

• Management experience with a management or project management qualification
• Significant aseptics experience in a supervisory or management role
• Managing, training, recruiting and supervising staff in complex teams
• Managing a significant change in a department

Skills & knowledge

• Post-graduate diploma level knowledge of technical services, with a proven record of managing teams
• Intermediate competence in Word and Excel
• In-depth knowledge of GMP legislation and standards
• High-level knowledge of aseptics practice, including preparation, formulation, stability, administration and legal issues
• Working within and maintaining a pharmacy quality management system
• Using specialist knowledge to challenge and influence, with excellent leadership and teamwork

Other

• Attendance at regional SPS webinars, the QA and Technical Services symposium, and meetings, off-site training and overtime as required

Nice to have

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Accreditation in Pre and In Process Checking (PIPC) and completion of the Product Approval Accreditation Program (PAAP)
• Project management experience
• Experience of dealing with external agencies and of tendering and negotiating aseptic services contracts
• Experience of legal requirements for clinical trials and GCP
• Experience of clinical governance, including quality and audit
• Knowledge of budget setting and management
• Working knowledge of Wellsky and/or Epic (Beacon module)

What’s offered

• First-class development opportunities
• Professional, management, leadership and clinical skills training
• Support for a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working considered
• High Cost Area Supplement included in the pay