Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician -Aseptic Services

Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician - Aseptic Services

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Aseptic team of the Pharmacy Department; applicants are welcomed from registered Pharmacy Technicians and Science Manufacturing Technicians.

This is your opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team providing essential treatments to the people of North Cumbria.

This post is suitable for pre-registration pharmacy technicians qualifying Summer 2024.

Main duties of the job

The role is varied and will include:

• Co-ordination of day-to-day activities.
• Preparation of aseptically prepared products.
• Dispensing of outsourced parenteral products.
• Undertaking pre-process checking of assembled trays.
• In-process checking during preparation.
• Accuracy checking of dispensed parenteral products.
• Generating worksheets for aseptically prepared products.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well

As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BTEC or equivalent with registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Essential IT Skills (EITS) or equivalent.
• ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership
• Completed TSET Aseptic Processing Programme
• Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines Course - Leeds University
• Supervisory Skills for Aseptic Services - Leeds University
• Pre-process accuracy checking certificate

Experience

• At least 2 years experience of aseptic services
• Training other staff

Knowledge

• Standard operating procedures
• Operational procedures
• Good manufacturing practice
• Quality Assurance Aseptic
• Preparation Services
• Context of Pharmacy
• Stock control management
• Farwell report
• Quality assurance of aseptic preparation services
• HASAWA and COSHH
• Knowledge of Ascribe

Skills

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Methodical
• Ability to prioritise
• Good organisational skills.
• Able to work effectively to deadlines.
• Ability to deal with competing priorities
• Ability to work effectively independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to work accurately to SOPs
• Ability to meet quality standards
• Developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to plan and co-ordinate workload
• Ability to maintain concentration through frequent interruptions
• Multitasking abilities
• Meticulous and good attention to details
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Able to use initiative appropriately
• Teaching skills
• Involvement in procedure writing
• Experience of audit

Other requirements

• Ability to work flexibly to cover the needs of the service
• Able to wear specialised protective clothing as necessary
• Ability to work with specialist cleanroom detergents which may be irritant in nature

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust