Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician -Aseptic Services

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider in North Cumbria as a Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to provide essential treatments. Ideal for registered technicians or those qualifying soon, offering a supportive and inclusive environment.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

Employee Assistance Programme

Relocation assistance may be available

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician or Science Manufacturing Technician required.
• At least 2 years experience in aseptic services.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate day to day activities in aseptic services.
• Prepare aseptically prepared products and check accuracy.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Problem solving

Education

BTEC or equivalent

ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership

Completed TSET Aseptic Processing Programme

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician -Aseptic Services

The closing date is 28 May 2025

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':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much 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.

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

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 Aspetic Processing Programme
• Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines Course - Leeds University
• Supervisory Skills for Aspetic Services - Leeds University
• Pre-process accuracy checking certificate

Experience

• At least 2 years experience of aspeptic 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

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust