Pharmacy Production Technician

Integrated Care System; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Pharmacy Production Technician to oversee the Aseptic Production Unit. This role involves ensuring compliance with regulations and contributing to the commissioning of a new facility. The ideal candidate will be registered and have substantial experience in hospital production. The position offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for progression

Award-winning NHS Trust

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge of production technical practice.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations.
• Experience in sterile and non-sterile hospital production work.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the day-to-day running of the Aseptic Production Unit.
• Contribute to the commissioning and validation of a new aseptic suite.
• Ensure compliance with dispensing procedures and regulations.

Skills

Communication skills

Planning and organizing skills

Supervisory experience

IT skills

Education

NVQ 3 and/or BTEC in pharmaceutical science

Registered Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Production Technician

The closing date is 06 August 2025

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic technician to organise and supervise the day-to-day running of our Aseptic Production Unit at King's Mill Hospital.

Our aseptic service provides bespoke chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and parenteral nutrition to patients across Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

We are currently in the exciting process of purchasing a new modular aseptic suite, which is due to be installed later this year. This presents an excellent opportunity for you to contribute to its commissioning and validation, and to join us as we begin this new chapter.

The successful applicant must be a registered Pharmacy Technician or registered Science Manufacturing Technician, with proven experience and knowledge of working in an aseptic environment.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of production technical practice to allow supervision to degree level within own area of work.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations.
• Knowledge of dispensary procedures.
• To allow supervision.

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 and/or BTEC in pharmaceutical science.
• Registered Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.
• GCE/GCSE Grade C in Maths and English Language.

Further Training

• Aseptic preparation and dispensing course or similar.
• Validated to check volumes and drug additions
• Validated aseptic technique
• Intrathecal training

Experience

• Substantial Sterile and non-sterile hospital production work experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Planning and organising skills.
• Other production experience.
• IT skills including Pharmacy computer systems, Microsoft 'Word' and 'Excel' programs, Parenteral nutrition systems and production labelling systems.
• Supervisory and training experience.

Contractural Requirements

• Participate in the weekend, bank holiday, extended hours and stand-by on call rotas.
• No long-term infectious diseases or drug allergies precluding sterile/non-sterile production work.
• Regular fire lectures and manual handling training.
• Annual intrathecal training and on register for preparation of intrathecal injections.
• Car owner with current driving licence.
• Telephone owner.

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust