Senior Pharmacy Support Worker - Aseptics

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive culture

Recognition awards

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated individual for Pharmacy Aseptic Services. The role involves preparing medicines in a clean room environment under GMP, assembling items for aseptic dispensing, and supporting ward needs.

After this role completes a comprehensive training programme, you will work with your team to prepare chemotherapy, adult TPN and antibiotics for patient administration, in a non-patient facing but essential function.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive training programme provided.
• Work in a clean room environment following GMP.
• Not patient facing but critical to patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assemble items for aseptic dispensing.
• Label and bag aseptic products for wards and clinics.
• Use equipment for preparation of aseptic products (e.g., isolators).
• Respond to urgent ward requests for aseptic products.
• Dispense drugs for in-patients and out-patients including cytotoxic chemotherapy.
• Provide aseptic products including CIVAS, paediatric and neonatal drugs, clinical trials and PN.
• Store aseptic drugs safely and correctly.
• Follow departmental Standard Operating Procedures.

Job description

The interview will be held on 19-Nov-2026

Do you want a varied job, with continuous learning, helping patients from behind the scene and working with great team and in a supportive environment?

Do you like the idea of a technical role working in medicine and can follow procedures?

If so perhaps a role in Pharmacy Aseptic Services is for you?

Aseptic Services is an exciting part of the Pharmacy Department where we provide a range of medicines which are prepared in a clean room environment following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is looking for a challenge. Although we are not patient facing, the work we do and the products we prepare are critical to the patients we supply them to in the hospital.

After completing the comprehensive training programme, you will work closely with your team mates preparing products in a clean room environment and using specialist equipment to make chemotherapy, adult TPN and antibiotics etc for patient administration.

This advert will close once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

• To assemble items for aseptic dispensing.
• To label and bag aseptic products for distribution to wards and clinics.
• To be familiar with the use of equipment for the preparation of aseptic products i.e. isolators.
• To respond appropriately to urgent requests from wards / units.
• To dispense drugs for in-patients and out-patients including cytotoxic chemotherapy.
• To provide aseptic products for in-patients and out-patients including cytotoxic chemotherapy, CIVAS, paediatric and neonatal drugs, clinical trials and PN.
• To store aseptic drugs correctly and safely.
• To comply with the departmental Standard Operating Procedures.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We Offer Colleagues

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

(Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a sponsorship before submitting your application.)

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natalie Robinson Job title: Senior Specialist Pharmacy Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01423 553042

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Katie Slack- [e-mail]