Senior Pharmacy Assistant

2 months ago


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

We have an opportunity within our Aseptics Department for 2 full time and 1 part time (28.5hrs) Band 3 Senior Pharmacy Assistants.

You will work as part of a team, within the Aseptic department, providing a high quality, flexible and responsive service.

You will prepare sterile injections ready for patient administration, including chemotherapy (cytotoxic), radiopharmaceuticals and general intravenous drugs. You will also help to supervise the Assistants, Band 2 in the department as well as general maintenance of the department and stock control.

Previous experience of working in a cleanroom environment is desirable, but not essential.

A requirement of the post is that no make-up or jewellery of any kind is worn.

The department is committed to provide a supportive environment with opportunities for training and personal development.

Aseptically manufacture named patient and batch products following procedures and worksheets.

Supervise the day-to-day workload of the Pharmacy Assistants within Aseptics.

Assist in the cleaning and maintenance of the facility and equipment supporting the manufacturing process and to assist senior staff in demonstrating particular duties to junior and rotational staff.

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 & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to 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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