Senior Pharmacy Technician: Aseptic Services

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Are you searching for the next step in your pharmacy career? Are you highly motivated and passionate about cancer services?

We're looking for an experienced registered pharmacy technician with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our Pharmacy Aseptic Team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated professional to join our aseptic team at University Hospitals Dorset.

You will be part of a team consisting of Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistants, who are always striving for excellence in all aspects of our work. We are working collaboratively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure we always deliver outstanding care to our patients.

This is an exciting time to join the Hospital Aseptic Department. Our service is built around providing a high-quality service to our patients and staff of the Trust.

You will be required to work on the earlies/lates, weekends and bank holiday on a rotational format. You will also be required to work flexibly.

Main duties of the job

The Job Description outlines the roles of the Senior Aseptic Services Technician. You will work closely with and support the Lead and Deputy Lead Technician in the day to day running of the Technical Services aseptic suite, providing a quality, GMP compliant service, supplying aseptically prepared medicines including clinical trials, in a timely manner to all service users. You will act as a supervisor under the direction of the Deputy Lead Technician in the aseptic suite or its support areas and to line manage and act as a role model for junior members of staff.

Job responsibilities

• Support the maintenance and development of the highest standards of patient-focused care in the provision of aseptic services to all patients at UHD.
• Participate in the education and training of pharmacists, technicians & assistants in aseptic services.
• Line manage and appraise junior members of the team and support the training and development of Pharmacy Technicians, Aseptic Services Technicians and Assistants working within the aseptic unit.
• Support the effective use of resources, including medicines, within the aseptic unit to minimise wastage.

This role requires General Pharmaceutical Council Registration.

Base Location: Poole Hospital.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Science and BTEC in Pharmacy Services.
• Registration to The General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Pre and In Process Checking.
• TSET.
• Internal aseptic training.

Experience

• Worked in pharmacy & aseptics.
• Extensive knowledge of aseptics.
• Basic management experience.
• Good knowledge of hospital cancer service.
• Good experience in delivering education and training to a variety of staff.
• Good experience of undertaking change within a pharmacy team.
• Experience of delivering cancer services.
• Neat, accurate, numerate.
• Basic I.T. skills.
• Experience using electronic prescribing.
• Knowledge of WellSky/Clinichemo/Mosaiq software.
• Familiar with using Quality Management Systems (Qpulse).

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals Dorset - Poole Site.