Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptic Services

Transformation Unit; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to join the Aseptic Services team at Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The role covers supervision and delivery of support activities in the aseptic production unit, including chemotherapy cytotoxic reconstitution and parenteral nutrition production.

Based in Liverpool, Band 3, the post offers the chance to work within a large NHS organisation committed to safe, high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working in a pharmacy environment.
• Experience of working in a team.
• Experience of dispensing prescriptions or preparation or aseptic products.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, develop support services and implement change in the aseptic service.
• Deliver senior duties across areas including chemotherapy cytotoxic reconstitution, parenteral nutrition production and intravenous additive service.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Teamwork

Dispensing/aseptic preparation

Education

NVQ 2 Pharmacy Services

NVQ 3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Liverpool University Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptic Services

Band 3

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join the team of assistants within Aseptic Services.

We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust and moved into our brand new unit in 2023.

The post holders must have the ability to supervise as well as being responsible for the delivery of support activities to the aseptic service.

The successful applicants will carry out senior duties in a number of areas including:

• Chemotherapy Service assisting with providing a cytotoxic reconstitution service.
• Parenteral Nutrition Service assisting with the production of adult and neonatal products.
• Intravenous Additive Service to offer an extensive range of products for both internal patients and external customers.

Main duties of the job

To supervise, develop support services and implement change along with being responsible for the delivery of support activities to the aseptic service.

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. The Royal 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

The successful applicants will carry out senior duties in a number of areas including:

• Chemotherapy Service assisting with providing a cytotoxic reconstitution service.
• Parenteral Nutrition Service assisting with the production of adult and neonatal products.
• Intravenous Additive Service to offer an extensive range of products for both internal patients and external customers.

Person specification

Experience

• Demonstrable experience working in a pharmacy environment
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of dispensing prescriptions or preparation or aseptic products

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or Level 2 Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent
• Willingness to complete NVQ 3 in Pharmacy Services, Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent,

Knowledge

• Knowledge of procedures for own pharmacy area – on the job training, experience to NVQ3 or equivalent level
• Knowledge of stock control systems and storage of medication
• Knowledge of hospital pharmacy supply and discharge planning
• Able to relate to all grades of staff within a multidisciplinary team

Skills

• Clear and accurate written communication skills
• Ability to use different IT applications
• Methodical with attention to detail
• Ability to train others

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.

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 £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (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.

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.

Our statement on modern slavery

We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violence and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain.

The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust’s supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery.

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.