Specialist Technical Services Senior Operative

Specialist Technical Services Senior Operative (including Pharmacy Technicians)

Have you got the enthusiasm and confidence to take up the challenge of this exciting post in the Pharmacy Technical Services department.

About our Pharmacy Service

Working as part of the team within the Main Pharmacy department you will deliver a high quality, flexible and responsive service.

You may on occasions be asked to work in one or more of the various areas that make up the Technical Services department depending on the current needs of the service. These include:

- Aseptic Unit - support the dispensing, supply and provision of advice on radiopharmaceuticals, chemotherapy treatments, parenteral nutrition, IV additives and other injectable products.
- Non-Sterile Unit - support the production of over-labelled, repacked, extemporaneous and batch manufactured products.
- Quality Assurance - support the quality assurance of all manufacturing operations and maintenance of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS).

Carry out any necessary checking processes required during the production of manufactured, repacked or extemporaneous products

Dispense aseptically prepared products for inpatients, outpatients and outside customers, including cytotoxic products and radiopharmaceuticals, by calculating appropriate dosage and quantities required against prescriptions/requisitions, following departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

With the Principal Pharmacy Technician, take responsibility for staff deployment, prioritisation of workload, supervision of staff and delegation of duties. Liaise as appropriate with other Technicians and Senior Operatives to ensure the efficiency of all activities.

Prepare and dispense Radiopharmaceutical products within the correct designated area, following the Local Rules at all times and ensuring Registration Limits are adhered to.

Select, prepare and use isolators and work areas correctly, in line with aseptic procedures.

Accurately select and measure all ingredients as per product worksheet.

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 thatTime Mattersto 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.

Supervise, check and organise all staff allocated to the Non-Sterile Preparative Services on a day to day basis, organising the work as appropriate in conjunction with the Principal Pharmacy Technician and Band 3 Senior Assistants

Communicate effectively and work closely with the Band 3 Senior Assistants in Non-Sterile Preparative Services to ensure all work is produced to the required standard in an appropriate time frame

Carry out any necessary checking processes required during the production of all manufactured, repacked or extemporaneous products prepared in the department

Work with mínimal supervision in the Non-Sterile Preparative Unit, preparing batch products that are manufactured, over-labelled or packed down from bulk in accordance with departmental SOPs

Prepare extemporaneous products on request