Lead Production Technician

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed NHS trust in London is seeking a Lead Production Technician to manage busy pharmacy production units. The successful candidate will lead a team, maintaining high standards in a fast-paced environment and ensuring compliance with GMP. Registered status with GPhC and strong leadership experience are essential for this role, which offers a competitive salary and the chance to work in a highly recommended NHS trust.

Benefits

Competitive salary

NHS staff benefits

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC or equivalent.
• Substantial post qualification pharmacy production experience.
• Experience working as a team leader within a hospital Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Manage the busy production units on a rotational basis.
• Provide leadership to technical staff in the unit.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy and precision.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Problem-solving abilities

Customer service skills

Education

Registered Technician with the GPhC or RSciTech

NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3

Job description

Go back University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Production Technician

The closing date is 20 August 2025

Following an internal reorganisation, an exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an exceptional pharmacy technician to manage the busy production units on a rotational basis at University College Hospital.

You will need to be registered with the GPhC or equivalent registration with the Science Council, with substantial post qualification pharmacy production experience which should include experience working as a team leader within a hospital Pharmacy sterile production unit.

As the Lead Production Technician, you will provide excellent leadership to a range of technical staff working in the unit. Good people skills; an excellent working knowledge of GMP; Good Stock Control Practice and sound dispensing skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

The production team is friendly and extremely hard-working, and the chemotherapy service is very busy, preparing around 50,000 doses pa, you will need to cope with the busy workloads, maintain high standards of accuracy and precision, help plan and schedule work, as well as building excellent relationships with the other members of the production team.Previous applicant need not apply.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered Technician with the GPhC or with the Science Council (RSciTech)
• NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, Science manufacturing technician (SMT) qualification or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of Beanie Guide and Orange Guide
• NVQ A1 workplace assessor award or Educational Supervisor trained, Practice Supervisor trained or working towards

Experience

• Previous experience of post qualification work as a team leader or operational management capacity in a hospital Pharmacy sterile/production unit.
• Demonstrated ability of managing audit and project work
• Demonstrated ability to write and implement SOPs
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, and identify whole team solutions.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and maintain quality standards.
• Ability to manage change

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures.
• Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice, and respects confidentiality.
• Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
• Flexibility with length of working day to meet the needs of the service.
• Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focussed approach.
• Demonstrates ability to co-ordinate services to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures.
• Understanding and application of Health & Safety, Confidentiality and Equal Opportunities legislation

Communication

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.

Personal and People Development

• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop a team
• Previous experience of performance management
• Demonstrated experience of recruitment and selection of staff
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and review competency based training assessment
• Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
• Demonstrated ability to support CPD and Revalidation
• Commitment to maintaining own fitness to practice.
• Ability to mentor and develop support staff.
• Experience of conducting appraisals and developing Personal Development Plans
• Actively seeks innovative opportunities to meet training needs

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

• The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS