Senior Technician - Aseptic Trainer

Cambridge University Hospitals; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site facilities

Bus travel discounts

Parking subsidies

Free Park & Ride

Staff cafe

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Aseptic Services trainer at Band 6, full- or part-time with flexible hours. The role focuses on delivering competency-based training to ensure GMP compliance within aseptic manufacturing.

You will maintain training records, support day-to-day coordination, and uphold high professional standards across the department. Aseptic and GMP knowledge, plus NHS experience, are essential.

Qualifications

• NVQ3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent qualification.
• GPhC registration is required.
• Substantial aseptic manufacturing experience.
• Experience in GMP/GCP and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver competency-based training to all staff in the department to ensure GMP compliance.
• Maintain up-to-date training packages and records for staff competence.
• Assist the Principal Pharmacy Technicians with day-to-day coordination when needed.
• Maintain high professional standards and ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder communication

Report writing

SOP writing

Education

NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science OR pre-1985 certificates

GPhC registration

Leeds Aseptic Course for Managers

Train the Trainer Course

NVQ Assessor Award

Accuracy Checking Accreditation

Pharmaceutical Technology knowledge

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Aseptic Services Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered. Some Bank Holiday/Weekend Working) Job ref 180-B-264263

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B Town Cambridge Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Pharmacy Aseptic Services provides a range of sterile medicinal products including Chemotherapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Clinical Trial medication and other sterile medicinal products.

Our team is friendly and diverse and devoted to providing safe and timely products for our patients. Our services are an important part of a patient's journey and we take pride knowing that we are making a difference to the patient's health and recovery.

Main duties of the job

To deliver practical and theoretical competency-based training to all staff allocated to the department to ensure GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) compliance is always adhered to.

To ensure all training packages/records are up to date and staff working within this area are competent. To maintain a high standard of Aseptic competence and knowledge to deliver the training effectively.

To assist the Principal Pharmacy Technicians with the day-to-day co-ordination when necessary.

To always maintain high professional standards and ensure that statutory regulations concerning Aseptic Services and the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act are complied with.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

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 week commencing 17th November 2026.

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.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science OR CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre-1985 certificates.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhc)
• Science Manufacturing Technician –SMT Apprenticeship (Level 3 Diploma in the Principles of Aseptic Pharmaceuticals Processing
• Registered Science Technician -RSsciTech
• Member of Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APT(UK)
• Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance experience
• Leeds Aseptic Course for Managers or equivalent.
• Train the Trainer Course or equivalent
• NVQ Assessor Award
• Accuracy Checking Accreditation

Experience

• Evidence of teaching, training and supervision
• Substantial Aseptic Manufacturing experience
• Current post Band 5 or above
• Good team player and sensitive to the need to optimise team performance
• Staff Appraisal and Personal Development experience
• Recruitment and selection experience
• NHS Experience

Knowledge

• Basic computer literacy (word, excel, outlook).
• Up to date knowledge of GMP and GCP
• Pharmacy computerised systems
• Audit Reporting
• Project management knowledge

Skills

• Good interpersonal skills
• Regularly communicates with key groups / stakeholders
• Experience of report writing
• Writing Standard Operating Procedures

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.