Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clean Room Supervisor

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Day nurseries on-site

Subsidised parking

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Assistant Technical Officer – Clean Room Supervisor to join the Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit in Cambridge. The role involves supervising aseptic preparation and dispensing, generating worksheets, and ensuring compliance with quality systems.

You will contribute to staff training and development while maintaining accurate documentation and audit trails for parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic medicines, and clinical trials.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a sterile production unit within the NHS or Commercial Sector.
• Experience supervising aseptic preparation and dispensing activities.
• Ability to generate worksheets, labels and maintain documentation and audit trails.
• Ability to ensure correct use of equipment and adherence to SOPs.
• Willingness to contribute to staff training and development.

Responsibilities

• Assist the technician team with day-to-day supervision and coordination of aseptic preparation and dispensing in clean rooms.
• Generate worksheets and labels; assemble, prepare and dispense aseptic medicines for patients and clinics, including clinical trials.
• Manage recording and monitoring of clean room environments and equipment; report faults and deviations.
• Oversee in-process checking of measured dose units in parenteral nutrition and cytotoxic medicines; ensure product quality.
• Support development and implementation of new ways of working and updated policies.

Job description

Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clean Room Supervisor

Company:

Company: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an opportunity for you to join our busy Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit. Do you have experience of working in a sterile production unit either within the NHS or Commercial Sector and wish to broaden your experience, skills and knowledge then we have may have just the job for you!

We are looking for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer – Clean Room Supervisor to join our team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and Pharmacists to provide essential services for our patients to ensure they have the best treatment and outcome during their stay.

Assist the technician team with the day-to-day supervision and co-ordination of aseptic preparation and dispensing activities within clean rooms

Generate worksheets, labels, assemble, prepare and dispense aseptic medicines to patients and clinics, including clinical trials. Maintains correct documentation and audit trails.

Responsible for the safe use of equipment within clean rooms, ensuring clean room staff use equipment in accordance with instructions and SOPs

Ensures that all required recording and monitoring of clean room environments and equipment are carried out before and after work sessions. Reports equipment faults and deviations to senior supervisors and managers.

Is responsible for the in-process checking of measured dose units in the preparation of parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic medicines and clinical trials; and is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and quality of these prepared medicinal products.

Ensures all statutory legislation and established quality systems relating to departmental policies and procedures are complied with on a day-to-day basis.

Assists in staff training and development.

Contributes to the development of new ways of working and to the implementation of new and revised policies and procedures.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:

• - applied for a Graduate visa
• - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 9th November 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on week commencing 17th November 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust