Pharmacy Technician - Radiopharmacy

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the West Midlands is seeking a dedicated individual for the Radiopharmacy section. The successful candidate will perform quality control procedures for a new state-of-the-art facility, preparing radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic use. Responsibilities include conducting cleaning and process verification tests and maintaining essential documentation. This trust fosters a supportive environment and values flexibility in work arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Perform cleaning and process verification tests for the Radiopharmacy.
• Prepare, label, and perform quality control on radiopharmaceuticals.
• Assist with preparing and maintaining worksheets, SOPs, and records.

Job description

The post holder will work in the Radiopharmacy section of the Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering and will prepare Radiopharmaceutical's for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This is a very exciting time for the Radiopharmacy team as we are about to get hand over of a brand new state of the art Radiopharmacy aseptic facility. The successful candidate main duties initially will be involved in performing the various quality control procedures required to enable the new facility to gain a Manufacturing Specials License granted by the MHRA. Main Hours of Work are currently 06:30 to 14:30 Monday to Friday, Initially the main duties of the job will include

Responsibilities

• Performing cleaning and process verification tests for the new Radiopharmacy along side the assistant technical officers.
• Aseptically preparing, labelling and performing quality control on and supplying radiopharmaceuticals and radio-labelled bloods.
• Assisting with preparing and maintaining worksheets, SOPs, records and other documents.

About the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.