Radiopharmacy Assistant

Hello, my name is Dina and I work in the Radiopharmacy team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Are you seeking a new challenge? Would you like to work within a small dedicated team that is committed to delivering radiopharmaceuticals for patients at the Trust? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Radiopharmacy assistant to join our team.

The role of a Radiopharmacy Assistant within the team is assisting and completing technical duties, such as administrative support, ordering and receipt of stock, stock control, production session preparation, Radiopharmacy environmental monitoring (microbial and radiation) and maintaining the pharmaceutical clean room environment.You will be an enthusiastic and committed individual who wants to learn new skills.You will learn about radiation protection and clean room environments.

This work has a direct impact on patient imaging and therapeutic procedures and requires the post holder to liaise with a wide range of staff in Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Medical Physics and with external equipment/product manufacturers and other organisations.

We provide extensive training, so don’t let lack of experience or knowledge deter you from applying. If you would like to know more about the role, then I would be happy to discuss it.

You will act as general administrative assistant to the Radiopharmacy team:

- maintenance of departmental records
- Undertake accurate record keeping as described in the Pharmaceutical Quality System
- Perform archiving and data entry as required
- To answer telephone and face to face enquires

You will participate in day to day running of the radiopharmacy department in line with rota system:

- To participate in sanitisation of the unit as per the Standard Operating Procedures
- to perform packing and despatch of radiopharmaceuticals to various customers
- to prepare for production session and perform aseptic decontamination transfer
- to receipt of all goods (including radioactive sources) and perform rolling stock check programme
- to handle and dispose radioactive waste
- to assist in audits and monitoring of Radiopharmacy services through data collection