Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Services

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bury St Edmunds is looking for a Senior Pharmacy Assistant in Aseptic Services. In this role, you will be pivotal in preparing chemotherapy and monoclonal therapies for cancer patients, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices. You will also support dispensary operations and utilize your supervisory skills to manage less experienced staff. The ideal candidate has relevant qualifications and experience in pharmacy settings. This is a permanent position offering a salary of £27,485 to £30,162 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a pharmacy environment.
• Experience of working in an aseptic compounding unit.
• Presented qualifications including BTEC/GCSEs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and supply parenteral cancer treatments.
• Assist in the provision of patient-focused aseptic service.
• Support dispensary and ward distribution.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective teamwork

Good communication skills

Ability to supervise

Self-motivated development

Ability to work in a busy environment

Education

BTEC Pharmaceutical Science

GCSE in English Language

GCSE in Mathematics

GCSE in Sciences

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Services

This is a great opportunity to develop your pharmacy career and make a real difference to the lives of those who use our service.

Our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to delivering the best quality and safest care to local communities and need dedicated and skilled people to help us achieve this.

The majority of your time will be spent within the aseptic unit preparing chemotherapy and monoclonal therapy for the Trusts cancer patients.

Time will also be spent supporting the dispensary team and distribution team with the supply of medicine to wards and departments, inpatients and outpatients.

As a candidate you will have a genuine passion for patient care. You will be committed and dedicated and have a desire to work as part of a friendly and supportive team in a fast-paced environment.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the preparation and supply of parenteral cancer treatments within the Trust. This will encompass all aspects of supply of aseptically prepared products, from worksheet and label generation, tray checking to product preparation. The treatments will be aseptically prepared in isolators using aseptic technique and Good Manufacturing Practice.

All supportive oral medication will also be supplied by yourself.

You will also be expected to use your dispensing skills to help in dispensary and ward distribution.

Please refer to the detailed job description for key tasks.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

Job summary:

In conjunction with the Principal Pharmacy Technician Aseptic Services, to assist in the provision of a high quality, patient focused aseptic service. To ensure that all products are aseptically prepared following standard operating procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and guidelines detailed in the Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors and Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services.

Please see job description attached to view full responsibilities of role.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• BTEC Pharmaceutical Science, NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• GCSE in English Language, Mathematics and Sciences (Grade 9 - 4 or A*- C)

Experience and knowledge

• Experience of working in a pharmacy environment.
• Experience of working in an aseptic compounding unit

Skills and abilities

• Expected to support members of the public and other health care workers in a professional manner
• Ability to supervise less experienced pharmacy assistants and other staff as appropriate
• Expected to have an all round knowledge of the technical aspects of hospital Pharmacy and a broad outlook of pharmaceutical issues
• Evidence of self-motivated professional development
• Attention to detail and ability to take responsibility for own practice.
• Able to make decisions independently within scope of competence.
• Effective teamwork.
• Good communications skills (both verbal and written).
• Ability to work in an organised and calm fashion in a busy environment.
• A flexible approach to working hours and duties.
• Positive approach towards personal / self-development.
• Familiar with standard IT software

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.

Employer name

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearPer annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Reference number

179-7607296-C

Job locations

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust