Pharmacy Technician - Aseptic Services

Transformationunitgm; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a motivated individual for their Aseptic Production Unit. The role involves preparing sterile parenteral medicines and requires NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services. Join a dedicated team focused on delivering high-quality care and improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in aseptic product preparation.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day workload in Aseptic Production Unit.
• Organise staff workload and maintain SOP adherence.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Initiative

Flexibility

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services

NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Liverpool University Hospitals Town Liverpool Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/05/2025 23:59

Band 4

Job overview

We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust and moved into our brand new unit in 2023. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with an interest in Aseptic production. The role will involve rotations through cytotoxic reconstitution, CIVAS and TPN.

The post holder will contribute the running of an efficient and effective manufacturing service by contributing to the production and the distribution of sterile parenteral medicines.

Y ou must have NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or Science Manufacturing
Technician or equivalent (or working towards these) and be a member of the GPhC, Science Council or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be delivering the day to day workload as member of a dedicated team, to include:

- Chemotherapy - cytotoxic reconstitution service.

- Parenteral Nutrition Service serving both hospital and home patients, including adult and neonatal products.

- Intravenous Additive Service to offer an extensive range of products for both Royal University Hospitals and external customers.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To organise the workload in the areas for which responsibility has been delegated and to deploy the available staff in the most effective manner.

Adhere to and ensure that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read/understood and observed by all staff at all times.

To demonstrate a team approach by adapting to and working confidently and competently in each area within Aseptic Services, as required by the Aseptic Services Pharmacist and the needs of the service.

To maintain and update documents relating to equipment, facilities and training and to report deviations from specified operating conditions, as required by the Aseptic Services Pharmacist.

To liaise with customers, quality control personnel and carriers to ensure the prompt dispatch and delivery of all aseptic products, ensuring all handling and storage conditions are met and maintained.

To collate and provide to Senior Technician - Aseptic Services end of month workload statistics for areas where responsibility has been delegated.

Person specification

Experience

• Demonstrable knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) or QC laboratory practical work experience and/or substantial experience in an industrial/pharmaceutical setting
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of the preparation of aseptic products
• Experience of using automated equipment

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent
• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services, Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent
• A member of the GPhC council, Science Council or equivalent

Other

• Enthusiasm for position
• Use own initiative and shows attention to detail
• Proactive
• Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker, able to relate to all staff grades
• Willingness to learn
• Commitment to work
• Reliable and flexible to the needs of the service
• Self motivated and ability to motivate others
• Ability to work as per departmental weekend, evening and bank holiday rotas

Skills

• Clear and accurate verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use different IT applications
• Ability to work in a busy environment to meet deadlines and pay attention to detail
• Ability to work alone or part of a team
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Range of aseptic preparation and manipulations skills
• Ability to adapt to change
• Ability to show initiative and work efficiently
• Ability to supervise and prioritise tasks and team workflow
• Ability to set routines and implement new working procedures
• Ability to train others
• Ability to respond to non routine queries and escalate when outside limitations

Knowledge

• Numerate - able to carry out simple calculations
• Knowledge and application of SOPs and Quality Assurance systems, GMP and GDP
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Knowledge of Clinical Trials and Hospital aseptic services
• Able to relate to all grades of staff within a multidisciplinary team

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.