Senior Assistant Technical Officer

4 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 3

**Main area**
- Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Cytolab
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 164-4745587-A**Site**
- Nottingham City Hospital
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Senior Assistant Technical Officer to join the Pharmacy Production team in the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy production Department (Cytolab) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). You will be joining a team of hardworking and dedicated pharmacy professionals who compound cancer treatments for NUH patients.

As part of the role you will be required to complete the Pharmacy Support Staff qualification, unless you already have this qualification. Until the qualification is gained the applicant will be a Band 2 and will move to Band 3 upon qualification.

The Pharmacy Production department at NUH has four manufacturing areas. The Sterile Production Unit (SPU), Non-Sterile Manufacturing Unit (NSM) and Pharmacy Packing Unit (PPU) are based at the MHRA licensed facility at the Queens Medical Centre (QMC) campus. The Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit (Cytolab) is located at the City Hospital Campus. The post holder will be primarily based at the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit (Cytolab) at the City Hospital campus.

Main duties of the job

You will receive full training from our dedicated and experienced pharmacy production team. Once trained, you will be required to prepare, assemble and manufacture chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. You will also be required to deliver cancer treatments to NUH wards and departments and the City Campus and support the department in ordering and managing stock.

Working for our organisation

You’ll need to be able to work 37.5 hours over 7 days of the week as required and as the service develops, you may be required to work a shift system. The department offers a weekend and bank holiday on-call service which you will be expected to participate in once fully trained.

Due to COVID-19 and the Governments guidance on social distancing your interview may be carried out via Microsoft Teams. If this is the case you will be notified in advance so that if you don’t have the app you can download it either on to your phone or computer/laptop.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You should familiarise yourself with the job description attached to this advert for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

The post holder will undertake all technical duties in the Chemotherapy Production Unit, participating in the provision of all aseptic services, in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and MHRA guidance, to ensure a high-quality, safe, timely and consistent service and contributing to the overall operation of the department.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria
- GCSE grade C or above in English language, Maths

Desirable criteria
- Possession of or working towards NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services in the relevant units for pharmacy production

Experience

Essential criteria
- Able to work in team

Desirable criteria
- Hospital experience
- Experience in a production environment
- Experience in aseptic production

Communication skills

Essential criteria
- Good verbal interpersonal skills
- Empathy with pharmacy customers
- Confident
- Self-motivated
- Mature attitude with resilience and determination

Desirable criteria
- Ability to motivate others

Analytical and Judgement

Essential criteria
- Positive thinker, problem solver, good initiative and ability to work on your own or in a team

Desirable criteria
- Ability to assess and minimise risk in production process

Planning and organisation

Essential criteria
- Manage own time effectively
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good decision making and prioritisation skills

Physical skills

Essential criteria
- Manual dexterity to perform detailed technical tasks accurately
- Must be able to work for long periods with high levels of concentration
- Good IT skills

Other requirements

Essential criteria
- Conscientious and creative
- Willingness to take on new tasks after appropriate training
- Flexibility - will be required to participate in rostered, flexible shift working, including evenings and weekends
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

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