Band 3 Senior Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job overview**:
The Cancer Services Division at UHB delivers world class cancer care to patients from across the country, with a range of specialised services in oncology and haematology, delivered by a team of specialist pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistant technical officers.

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to join our friendly and dynamic team, to assist in the provision of high quality aseptic services to patients across the West Midlands. This is an excellent opportunity to join the NHS and begin a new career within pharmacy.

You will be part of an expanding team of highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focus service.

The ever growing and expanding service is looking for motivated individuals to assist in building healthier lives for our patients, by developing the aseptic service which is critical to the treatment of our oncology and haematology patients.

The role will include a variety of tasks, enabling you to develop your knowledge and skills through structured education and training opportunities. It provides a rewarding opportunity to assist in the preparation of cytotoxic drugs, monoclonal antibodies and innovative treatments such as clinical trials.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
Senior assistant technical officers assist in the production of aseptically prepared products within the unit. The role includes the following tasks:

- Stock management
- Assembly of raw materials
- Transferring products into the unit
- Aseptic preparation in isolators
- Cleaning of the unit
- Performing validations
- Dispensing ready-made products
- Despatching products for delivery
- Using computer systems
- Completing documentation

The position is available at Melchett Road Aseptic Unit. The unit is a fast paced, high pressured environment. Good organisation and prioritisation skills are required to ensure an efficient service is provided. Attention to detail and ability to follow standard operating procedures is vital in ensuring the quality of the products prepared and the safety of patients.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
GCSE grade C or above in Mathematics and English (or equivalent)

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

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