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Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Repackaging and Overlabelling Unit

Band 3

Pharmacy Technical Services.

Full Time -equating to 37.5 hours per week

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is a large teaching hospital, serving over 3 million people. It has two sites, The Royal Stoke Hospital based in Stoke-on-Trent and The County Hospital based at Stafford. An ambitious £300 million modernisation scheme, nearing completion, has relocated all the innovative services of this dynamic teaching hospital and Keele Medical School on to a single site at the Royal Stoke Hospital. There is currently an ambitious modernisation programme being undertaken at The County Hospital.

The Technical Services department within pharmacy opened in September 2012 and holds an MHRA ‘Specials’ manufacturing licence. The service encompasses aseptic, chemotherapy, non-sterile and pre-pack labelling and repackaging of medicines. The Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) department support the MHRA licence and also provide Quality Control support in regard to the preparation of radio pharmaceuticals for the Trust.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self motivated senior assistant technical officer to work with our team in technical services.

The successful person will be required to set up and prepare aseptic and cancer chemotherapy medicines made within Pharmacy Technical Services. This will involve working in a controlled environment. The post holder will be expected to understand and follow standard operating procedures and have good manual dexterity.

In addition the post holder will be required to assist with the operation and maintenance of quality systems ensuring compliance with the terms of the MHRA Manufacturing “Specials” Licence in regards to all compounding and manufacturing processes.

The employee will be supported with external and internal training in pharmacy services and associated technical activities where required.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Essential Qualifications

4 GCSEs grade C/4 or above or equivalent must include Maths, English and Science

AndNVQ Level 2 in pharmacy services

ORequivalent relevant qualification to area of specialityANDwillingness to work towards NVQ L2 in pharmacy services or equicalent training