Pharmacy Aseptics Cleanroom Supervisor

NHS; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wakefield seeks a supervisor for Cleanrooms to oversee the preparation of sterile medicinal products. The ideal candidate will supervise activities, ensure adherence to safety standards, and maintain accurate records. This role requires a high degree of manual dexterity and competencies in aseptic techniques. Join our team to contribute to high standards of care and improve patient outcomes.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Childcare vouchers

Car lease and home electronics schemes

Qualifications

• Competency to prepare aseptic preparations and keep up to date with validation processes.
• Experience in handling hazardous substances and ensuring safe systems of work.
• High degree of manual dexterity required for medication preparation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise activities within the Cleanrooms.
• Prepare sterile medicinal products for specific patients.
• Ensure adherence to safety and quality regulations.

Job description

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, car lease and home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

• To supervise activities within the Cleanrooms.
• To act as the lead responsible for all preparation activities and staff conduct within the assigned area of supervision.
• Preparation of sterile medicinal products for specific patients in a laminar flow cabinet/isolator/non‑sterile extemporaneous preparation area e.g., parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy and non‑sterile suspensions, creams, and ointments.
• The above duties involve working in a controlled clean room environment and the preparation and checking of worksheets and labels on the appropriate software (i.e., Chemocare), accurate assembly of raw materials, dosage calculations, accurate measurements using balances, graduated measures, and syringes. These operations require a high degree of manual dexterity, and competencies will be continually assessed.
• Maintain competency to prepare aseptic preparations and to keep up to date with validation processes including the essential training and competencies required to be a named person on the Trusts Intrathecal Chemotherapy register.
• Organise and liaise with the transport department for delivery of medicines off site.
• To work within clearly defined accountability frameworks and boundaries of limitation.
• To perform a range of supervisory and accuracy checking functions within the Technical Services Aseptic Unit in order to provide an efficient and quality production service, including accuracy checking of batched assembly trays, in‑process aseptic volume checks, in‑process aseptic technique and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) supervision.
• To work alongside the Pharmacy Technicians (Higher Level) and exercising judgment in order to maintain a consistent workflow throughout the whole department by ensuring worksheets are prioritised in terms of appointment times, taking into consideration time‑consuming products.
• The post holder will work directly with and will supervise others, in the handling of hazardous substances and will ensure safe systems of work are maintained as defined under statutory legislation, COSHH, Regional and National Cancer Standards, Controls Assurance and Professional Standards in their area of responsibility.
• To work alongside the Quality Control (QC) team in the completion of process validations.
• To ensure all errors and deviations are reported to the appropriate manager in a timely manner, to identify and elevate SOP non‑compliance through observation and to implement corrective actions when appropriate.
• Coordinate the team and supervise others in the completion of scheduled cleaning of pharmaceutical isolators, clean room suite and equipment.
• Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records of yourself, the facility and those under your supervision are made and that all communication is maintained in relation to product quality and GMP adhering to local and national guidance.

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.