Senior Pharmacist (Technical Services)

Job summary

PHARMACY DEPARTMENT

Senior Pharmacist (Technical Services)

Aseptic Production Unit - Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Band 8A + EDC Full time (37.5 hours per week)

We are a major acute teaching Trust offering a wide range of clinical specialities, including tertiary referrals for HIV and Renal Medicine.

Pharmacy at LUHFT has a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) with a brand-new Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023.

Your input will be vital in the development of facilities, production processes, service delivery, workforce configuration & growth. You will contribute to all production related elements at site and ensure that quality is at the centre of everything we do for our patients across the NHS and private healthcare settings.

With significant experience of managing a technically trained team within a GMP healthcare setting, the post holder will be capable of working under pressure, prioritising to deadlines and multi-tasking.

The post provides an ideal opportunity to further develop specialist technical skills. If you are a forward-thinking and innovative pharmacist, with a desire to embrace new challenges, why not join us in Liverpool.

For further information please contact Shakeel Herwitker, Head of Manufacturing services on 0151 706 2454, e-mail Shakeel.Herwitker@liverpoolft.nhs.uk.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to overseeing the operational quality aspects of all production processes, in a cost effective and operationally efficient manner and for assuring the quality of all unlicensed medicines manufactured and prepared within Royal Liverpool Pharmaceuticals (RLP).

After a period of training and assessment the post holder will be named as a releasing officer in the Quality Manual and Site Master File.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for communication with all key stakeholders in the supply of all Specials (Unlicensed Medicines) prepared within the Aseptic Production Unit. This will include internal and external customers, patients, staff and other healthcare professionals.

Lead on Operational Quality matters such as microbiological and physical environmental monitoring, Component and Consumable assessments, raw material quality assessment and approval for use within manufacture and preparation of medicines.

Review and update PMU policies and procedures, in light of changes to legislation and Trust Policy or process changes at site instigated via change control mechanisms.

Provides specialist clinical & technical advice to doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals on delivery of intravenous Nutrition, CIVAS products & chemotherapy for Adults & Children.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Masters degree in Pharmacy.
• Registered General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member.
• Post graduate certificate or diploma in a relevant pharmaceutical field or equivalent knowledge and skills developed via on job training.
• Highly developed Professional knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.

Desirable

• APDM course.
• Postgraduate diploma/Msc (specialization) in Technical Pharmacy or equivalent
• MSc (clinical)/(technical) Pharmacy.
• Management Certificate or Diploma

Experience Essential

• Demonstrable experience of putting knowledge into practice via working within clean room GMP environments and working within GMP/GDP guidelines either in a hospital or industrial environment.
• Experience of product development.
• Evidence of staff management and training.

Desirable

• Experience of design and qualification of clean room facilities.
• Experience of Self Inspection & External Audit /Inspection.

Knowledge Essential

• Extensive knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
• Knowledge of clean room design, functioning and commissioning.
• An understanding of medicines management procedures.
• Computer literacy.
• Specialist knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes including equipment and facility design, construction, validation and testing.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of:- Aseptic preparation of medicines, Terminal Sterilization processes.
• Knowledge of the ISO 9000 Quality System.

Skills Essential

• Leadership and motivational skills Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Planning and organizational skills; ability to prioritize demands on service and plan workload of self and others.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate with a range of people such as technicians, pharmacists, engineers, clinicians and customers.
• Ability to work to deadlines and meet set targets.
• Ability to perform calculations to a high degree of accuracy.
• Project Management skills.

Desirable

• Persuasive and ability to negotiate.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Pharmacy, Level 2 – Clinical Support Services Building (CSSB), Mount Vernon street

Liverpool

L7 8YE

Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/