Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptic Services

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected health and wellbeing hours

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Greater Manchester is seeking a Band 2/3 Pharmacy Services assistant to aseptically prepare, assemble and dispense medicines under supervision. You will work to written guidelines and procedures, support daily production targets and maintain a safe, clean aseptic environment.

No prior experience is necessary for Band 2; comprehensive training will be provided. NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent is preferred; opportunities for progression

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or accepted equivalent.
• Ability to document information clearly and accurately.
• Willingness to learn aseptic procedures and work in a cleanroom environment.

Responsibilities

• Assemble trays containing consumables and ingredients for 1st stage checks.
• Perform transfer sanitisation using isopropyl alcohol and other disinfectants and be responsible for cleaning equipment and areas.
• Rotate through other areas of the department (assembly, worksheet and labels) following procedures and documenting clearly.

Skills

Attention to detail

Methodical approach

Documentation

Patient-focused

Education

NVQ 2 Pharmacy

Job description

To aseptically prepare and manufacture products including parental feeds, clinical trials and cytotoxic regimes in accordance with written guidelines and procedures meeting daily production targets. To support the team in the provision of a safe and efficient technical service.

You will assemble trays containing consumables and ingredients for 1st stage checks, therefore must be able to document information clearly and accurately.

You will perform transfer sanitisation using isopropyl alcohol and other disinfectants and be responsible for cleaning equipment and areas or work on a regular basis.

Are you methodical? Do you pride yourself on your attention to detail and accuracy? Are you Patient focused. Then this may be the new career for you!, Only candidates with suitable experience and NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or accepted equivalent may apply for the Band 3 position.

There never has been a more excited time for Continued Personal Development and career pathways for candidates with the right outlook, work ethic and commitment.

Working in Aseptic Services is a vocation. It is technical, detailed, sometimes repetitive but the learning never ends.

We provide a range of injectable medicines e.g Chemotherapy and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) for patients, using isolator cabinets in a cleanroom environment.

Working as part of a team, once trained you would be responsible for making medicines using needles and syringes.

Working under supervision you also will rotate through other areas of the department e.g. assembly, worksheet and labels etc. so you need to be able to follow procedures to the letter and be able to document things clearly and concisely.

No experience is necessary for the band 2 position as comprehensive training will be given., The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

• a fantastic annual leave allowance
• flexible working opportunities
• protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

This position offers progression from Band 2 to Band 3 after completion of training and qualification.