Technician Technical Services

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Pharmacy Technician/Specialist Technician to join its Technical Services department. The role focuses on aseptic handling, patient-focused service delivery, and development of cancer and chemotherapy services within the Trust.

The post involves lead responsibilities, mentoring junior staff, and close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient operations and adherence to QA and GMP standards

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy production unit preferred.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to support training and development within the team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with workload and workflow for sterile cytotoxic reconstitution in the technical services unit.
• Coordinate with chemotherapy day unit staff to support workflow.
• Generate reports on unit performance including dispensing errors and incidents.
• Assist with departmental drug expenditure system for cancer services.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff including PTPTs with induction and appraisal.
• Assist with staff deployment including rotas and annual leave approvals.
• Support HR matters for technicians and assistants in Technical Services.
• Ensure induction, ongoing training and GMP compliance for dispensing and compounding.

Skills

Hospital pharmacy

Aseptic experience

Team leadership

Training and mentoring

Job description

We require an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician/Specialist Technician with excellent communication skills to join our motivated forward thinking Technical Services department, which actively encourages training. You will work in an exceptionally friendly department delivering a customer focused service.

This is an ideal opportunity for a technician who is keen to build on their aseptic experience, as well as their management skills to help develop a patient focused Technical Service to meet the changing needs of the organisation and to help support the planned expansion of Cancer and Chemotherapy services within the Trust.

If you are interested in a full time post in Pharmacy Technical Services and being an integrated part of the multidisciplinary team, then this is the job for you.

We are ideally looking for someone with experience of working within a hospital pharmacy production unit.

Works closely with the Lead and Principal Technician's in helping manage and develop all operational aspects of technical services.

Helps to ensure that services are provided in a safe, efficient and effective manner according to local, National and Regional QA requirements and the principles of good manufacturing practice.

Contributes to monitoring and management of performance and quality for technical services unit and services provided to cancer speciality.

Key responsibilities

• Assists with managing the workload and coordinating the workflow for sterile (cytotoxic reconstitution and CIVAS) in the technical services unit to help maintain a safe and responsive service.
• Liaising with Chemotherapy day unit staff of all grades to support the work flow.
• Assist with generating reports on technical services unit performance (quality, safety and efficiency) according to local standards including dispensing errors and other incidents.
• Assists with departmental drug expenditure system for cancer services.
• Supervises and mentoring some of the junior staffs working in Technical Services unit which may include (pharmacy assistants, pre-reg pharmacists and Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy technicians (PTPTs) including induction and performance appraisal of relevant staff and day to day problem solving.
• Assists with the deployment of staff in the technical services unit including contribution to weekly rotas and approval of annual leave and lieu time in the absence of the Principal Technician.
• Assists with managing performance and all other human resource issues for technicians and assistants working in Technical services.
• Ensure that all technical services and rotational staff in the technical services unit receive appropriate induction, on-going training and validation which includes GMP and procedures relating to dispensing and compounding of products and maintenance of the unit.
• Undertakes day to day training, supervision and assessment of Pre-reg Technicians.
• Assists with training, supervision and assessment of Pharmacists rotating through technical services.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites-Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital-along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates.

Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.