Senior Technical Pharmacy Assistant

6 days ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to work within our busy Pharmacy Technical Services sector. This service covers the manufacture and assembly of special medicines both sterile and non
- sterile, and the preparation of medicines used within the treatment of cancer. This post will require the successful applicate to work in one or more areas within technical services.

You should ideally have some experience of supervising / co-ordinating staff and workflow.
You must be flexible and react positively to change with the ability to work in different areas within the Pharmacy Technical Service environment. You must be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines. Good fitness and dexterity are essential for working in our cleanrooms. This role will involve providing specialist support to the Technical Services team and includes supervising, training and mentoring staff, Assisting in managing stock control as well as the manufacturing and assembly of various pharmaceuticals.

If you are interested in contributing to the care of patients using practical skills with an ability to work under your own initiative, good communication skills, a high level of accuracy and are keen to develop your skills then you may be suited to this type of role.
- To assemble and decontaminate raw materials and associated consumables using validated spraying and wiping procedures.
- Prepare intravenous chemotherapy medication for patients in accordance with all procedures, methods and instructions.
- To supervise, assist in training and work with Pharmacy Assistants and student technicians
- To oversee and participate in the cleaning of specialist areas
- Handling and use of specialist chemicals in accordance with COSHH guidelines.
- Assisting with routine quality assurance testing in the preparation unit.
- To participate in the ward stock top-up service provided by the department
- To act as a mentor for new staff (as required) by providing guidance and support on their first weeks of employment or when rotating into a new department.
- To be responsible for the movement of raw materials and disposables between the Pharmacy store and the Chemotherapy Preparation Unit (CPU)
- To deliver products to departments within the Trust as necessary
- To regularly complete and pass all required validation and competency tests to comply with the Pharmacy QA program
- To undertake stock control maintenance, expiry date checking, stock rotation and returns, report back discrepancies to Senior Technician as required.
- To undertake dispensing duties including booking stock out and label generation, using the computer and dispensing of medicines into appropriate containers
- Assisting with routine quality assurance testing in the preparation unit

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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