Highly Specialised Aseptic Service Pharmacist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to work within aseptic services at Salford Royal Hospital, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be joining our dynamic aseptic team at an exciting and challenging time in developing a first-class aseptic service. The aseptic unit is licensed and provides a comprehensive service to the NCA sites including chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, enzyme products and parenteral nutrition. It also supports research services through the provision of clinical trials, including Phase 1 and Gene therapy trials.

The unit is currently in the process of implementing BDCato for the provision of parenteral nutrition and will look at installing a compounder shortly after.

Salford Royal Hospital is a national centre for adult metabolic diseases and intestinal failure meaning the aseptic work is specialised thus creating a stimulating and rewarding post for the successful candidate.

Key responsibilities within aseptic services will include:
• Acting as an authorised Pharmacist for the aseptic unit including the day to day running of the service, product release and quality assurance.
• Supervising the other pharmacists working in the aseptic department.
• Managing the initial training and reaccreditation of pharmacists working in the aseptic service.
• Be named as a releasing officer on the MS Licence.
• Work as part of the Quality Assurance team to:

- Manage and maintain several aspects of the quality management system.

- Manage controlled documents including procedures, worksheets and batch production records.

- Participate in departmental audits, taking responsibility for developing and implementing action plans in response to audit findings.

- Investigate deviations, identifying root causes and suggesting corrective and preventative actions to prevent a reoccurrence.

- Participating in departmental meetings including quality meetings and product quality review.

You will have considerable experience within aseptic services and a good understanding of pharmaceutical quality systems.

You must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain as a practicing pharmacist and have a post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance (or have equivalent documented aseptic experience).

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jun 2026

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