Pan Pathology Training Lead

3 weeks ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to work within our busy Pharmacy Technical Services sector to cover maternity leave until 22nd June 2025 at Ipswich Hospital, part time, hours per week. This service covers the preparation of medicines used within the treatment of cancer.

You will be involved in providing specialist support to the Technical Services team by undertaking pre and in-process checking of chemotherapy and other agents, supervising the team of Technicians and Assistants within the cleanrooms, assisting in managing stock control within the Chemotherapy Preparation Unit and preparation of Cytotoxic and Monoclonal Antibody preparations.

You should ideally have experience of supervising / co-ordinating staff and workflow. You must be flexible and react positively to change with the ability to work within Pharmacy Technical Service at Ipswich Hospital. You must be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines. You will be working in our cleanrooms.

If you are interested in contributing to the care of patients using practical skills with an ability to work under your own initiative, good communication skills, a high level of accuracy and are keen to develop your skills then you may be suited to this type of role.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please ensure you have discussed this with your line manager.

Main duties of the job

Work in partnership with the CPU management team in the provision of a high quality, cost effective and efficient patient centred pharmacy service to the trust. To supervise the team of technicians and assistants within the cleanrooms, involved in the delivery of the service and to support the co-ordination of the day to day running of the unit and its staff. To deputise for the Senior Specialist Technician in their absence, as required by the CPU manager, in the running of the CPU. Support the professional development of technicians and assistants within the Chemotherapy Preparation Unit (CPU), ensuring that staff have read, understood and received appropriate training for all relevant SOP’s. Contribute to the mentoring and induction of technicians, student technicians, assistants and other relevant members of the pharmacy team in education & training.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in aseptic dispensing work in Laminar flow cabinets or Isolators including cytotoxic / hazardous drugs

Desirable criteria

Staff training or mentoring role Checking or supervisory role

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BTEC or NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent relevant qualification.

Desirable criteria

Attendance of regional aseptic dispensing study day or equivalent Intrathecal chemotherapy production registration GCP trained, experience of clinical trials Accredited for aseptic in-process checking (candidates without this qualification will be required to undertake)

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