Technical Officer-Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit

Job summary
We are recruiting for a Technical Officer Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you a skilled pharmacy technician or science manufacturing professional looking to take the next step in aseptic services?Join our Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit Team and play a vital role in preparing life-saving medicines in a highly specialised, quality driven environment.

We are looking for a motivated, detail focused individual who thrives in a technical and patient focused environment.

As a Technical Officer, you will support the delivery of aseptic services by preparing, checking and managing the safe production of medicines, including chemotherapy and other sterile products.

You will work in cleanrooms and isolators, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and contributing to high standards of patient care.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

• Prepare and label aseptic medicines using isolator technology
• Clean, test and maintain cleanrooms and equipment
• Act as a Pre- and In-Process Checker (PIPC) (once accredited)
• Supervise and support pharmacy staff and trainees
• Ensure accurate documentation in line with MHRA & GMP standards
• Carry out dispensing duties and provide basic patient advice
• Maintain stock control and participate in quality management systems
• Contribute to SOPs, audits and ongoing service improvements

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council as a technician or Completion of Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship in Hospital Pharmacy Technical Services experience
• Commitment to maintaining a continued professional development (CDP) portfolio

Desirable

• Pre and in-process checking accreditations
• Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) short course

Previous Experience
Essential

• Experience of hospital pharmacy including aseptic dispensing and compounding
• Experience of handling / compounding of aseptic products including cytotoxic
• Implications of good manufacturing practice

Desirable

• Staff supervision and training

Skills
Essential

• Ability to manipulate and manufacture aseptic drug doses within isolators / laminar flow cabinets
• Effective communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to use initiative and work unsupervised
• Able to work alone or in a team
• Good workplace organisational and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy
• Computer literate
• Leadership and team management skills

Desirable

• Able to work under pressure

Knowledge
Essential

• Need for Confidentiality
• Preparation of written reports and procedures
• Dispensing
• Pharmaceutical Law and Practice
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice
• Completion of Self-Development Scheme, or equivalent CPD portfolio
• Knowledge of GMP

Desirable

• Health and Safety

Other Requirements
Essential

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Polite and presentable, professional appearance
• Enthusiasm and commitment
• Passionate in driving service improvement and development
• Good attendance record and punctuality
• Able to communicate in English at a suitable level, both verbally and in writing
• Self- and team motivating

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.