Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant - Aseptic Services

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced pharmacy professional to join the aseptic production team. Under supervision, you will prepare a wide range of complex injectable medicines to high quality and GMP standards.

Responsibilities include stock control, safe storage of medicines and consumables, and assembling and checking ingredients for prepared products, including parenteral nutrition and cytotoxic agents, following SOPs.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will be part of a team responsible for preparing aseptic products under supervision of an Authorised Pharmacist.
• Stock control and safe storage of medicines and consumables.
• Assembly and checking of ingredients and consumables for products to be prepared.

Job description

The post holder will be part of a team whose responsibility is to safely prepare, under the supervision of an Authorised Pharmacist, a wide range of complex aseptic products to a high quality and with a high level of accuracy, utilising appropriate techniques, carrying out all duties in compliance with Rules and Guidance for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and with departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs). Preparation of injectable medicines in a ready to administer form, including parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic agents, biologic agents, antibiotics, following GMP principles and SOPs. Use of isolators, syringes, needles, etc. Stock control and safe storage of medicines and consumables. Assembly and checking of ingredients and consumables for products to be prepared.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme