Senior Assistant Technical Officer

2 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 3

**Main area**
- Senior Pharmacy Production Assistant Technical Officer - NSM
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time - 37.5 hours per week)
- **Job ref**
- 164-4739027**Site**
- Queen's Medical Centre
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per Annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Job overview

Are you interested in working in Pharmacy Production?

Are you able to follow procedures and organise your work to meet variable deadlines

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team of Pharmacy Assistants, Technicians and Pharmacists.

A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer in the Pharmacy Non Sterile Manufacturing Unit at the Queens Medical Centre campus of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We manufacture extemporaneous preparations for both internal patients and external customers along with a growing number of batch products made under our licence.

Previous experience of working in a manufacturing environment is not essential as full training will be provided. You must be in possession of NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or an equivalent Pharmacy Manufacturing qualification to work as Band 3. If working towards this or need to undertake this qualification, successful applicant will be a Band 2 until qualification is gained.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

You will need to be accurate in your work and be familiar with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). You will also be required to maintain competency and prove this with annual re-validation.

You must be able to work under pressure, be able to prioritise work and be able to work alone or as part of a team. You will participate in the training of staff new to the department and help to develop new systems of working.

Working for our organisation

You will 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. Be flexible to starting early and working late in response to service needs.

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

Must be in possession of NVQ Level 2 Pharmacy Services or an equivalent Pharmacy Manufacturing qualification to work as Band 3. If working towards this or need to undertake this qualification, successful applicant will be a Band 2 until qualification is gained.

To work unsupervised in all aspects of Pharmacy Non Sterile Manufacturing Unit

To follow all the working procedures and guidelines in the Pharmacy Non Sterile Manufacturing Unit to ensure that all dispensing, assembling, labelling, manufacturing, checking and other activities are safe, accurate and compliant with current Good Manufacturing Practice, the Trust Risk Management policies and other legal licensing requirements.

To be involved in the rotation and stock control systems for raw materials, labels, containers and sundries used in the section to ensure that the Pharmacy Non Sterile Manufacturing Unit stock is maintained and managed at the most appropriate level for an effective service, whilst minimising expenditure, stockholding and wastage. To engage, if required in any relevant audit being undertaken in the department.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria

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

Experience

Essential criteria
- Able to work in team

Desirable criteria
- Hospital experience
- Experience in a production environment

Communication skills

Essential criteria
- Good verbal interpersonal skills
- Confident
- Self-motivated

Planning and organisation

Essential criteria
- Manage own time effectively
- Ability to work under pressure

Desirable criteria
- 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
- 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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