Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Services

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bury St Edmunds is seeking a dedicated pharmacy professional to support the preparation of chemotherapy and monoclonal therapy for cancer patients. Responsibilities include ensuring aseptic preparations, assisting in dispensary support, and providing patient care. Join a friendly team committed to high-quality service in a busy and inclusive environment. Ideal candidates will have a passion for patient care and relevant aseptic experience.

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for patient care and dedication to teamwork in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in aseptic preparation in accordance with SOPs and GMP.
• Ability to support dispensary and ward distribution.

Responsibilities

• Prepare chemotherapy and monoclonal therapy for cancer patients.
• Support dispensary team and medicine distribution.
• Ensure aseptic preparations follow standard operating procedures.

Skills

Aseptic technique

Dispensing skills

Patient care

Job description

This is a great opportunity to develop your pharmacy career and make a real difference to the lives of those who use our service.

Our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to delivering the best quality and safest care to local communities and need dedicated and skilled people to help us achieve this.

The majority of your time will be spent within the aseptic unit preparing chemotherapy and monoclonal therapy for the Trusts cancer patients.

Time will also be spent supporting the dispensary team and distribution team with the supply of medicine to wards and departments, inpatients and outpatients.

As a candidate you will have a genuine passion for patient care. You will be committed and dedicated and have a desire to work as part of a friendly and supportive team in a fast-paced environment., You will be responsible for the preparation and supply of parenteral cancer treatments within the Trust. This will encompass all aspects of supply of aseptically prepared products, from worksheet and label generation, tray checking to product preparation. The treatments will be aseptically prepared in isolators using aseptic technique and Good Manufacturing Practice.

All supportive oral medication will also be supplied by yourself.

You will also be expected to use your dispensing skills to help in dispensary and ward distribution.

Please refer to the detailed job description for key tasks., In conjunction with the Principal Pharmacy Technician - Aseptic Services, to assist in the provision of a high quality, patient focused aseptic service. To ensure that all products are aseptically prepared following standard operating procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and guidelines detailed in the 'Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors and Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services.

Please see job description attached to view full responsibilities of role.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

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