Aseptic Services Technician in Cambridge

Main area Division B-Pharmacy Aseptic Services

Grade Band 5

Contract Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered

Hours: Full time, Flexible working 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and Bank Holidays on Rota)

Job ref: 180-B-264028

Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B

Town: Cambridge

Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 p.a. pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/02/2026 23:59

Interview date: 17/02/2026

Job overview: We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our busy Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit. Do you have some experience of working in a sterile production unit either within the NHS or Commercial Sector and wish to broaden your experience, skills and knowledge then we may have just the job for you! We are looking for an Aseptic Technician to join our team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and Pharmacists to provide essential services for our patients to ensure they have the best treatment and outcome during their stay. Pharmacy Aseptic Services provides a range of sterile medicinal products including Chemotherapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Clinical Trial medication and Eye Drops. Our team is friendly and diverse and devoted to providing safe and timely products for our patients. Our services are an important part of a patient's journey and we take pride knowing that we are making a difference to the patient's health and recovery.

Main duties of the job:

• The preparation of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products in accordance with agreed policies and procedures and the MHRA Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.
• To assemble and prepare items in accordance with prescribed requirements and departmental procedures.
• To check assembled items and documentation ready for compounding following local accreditation.
• To be responsible for ensuring all required documentation relating to medicines, their processing and supply is accurately recorded (particularly in relation to clinical trials and PPS worksheets etc.) when dispensing and manufacturing.
• Ensure that all quality issues relating to products or facilities are recorded appropriately using the Quality Management System.
• Assist in the provision and upkeep of records & computer files as necessary, after appropriate training.
• To ensure that all facilities and equipment are maintained and cleaned in accordance with GMP guidance and relevant SOP’s adhered to at all times.
• To assist with the processes associated with Medicines Management including departmental stock control, computer operations, receipt and storage of goods, issue and distribution and physical stock checks and reconciliation.

Working for our organisation: Our Trust Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population. CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Benefits to you: At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

Person specification:

• Qualifications: NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science OR CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre-1985 certificates. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhc) OR Science Manufacturing Technician – SMT Apprenticeship (Level 3 Diploma in the Principles of Aseptic Pharmaceuticals Processing Registered Science Technician - RSsciTech Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance experience Leeds Aseptic Dispensing Course or Equivalent.
• Experience: Aseptic experience in Hospital or Commercial sectors. Current post Band 4 or above. Good team player and sensitive to the need to optimise team performance. Substantial hospital pharmacy experience. Evidence of teaching, training and supervision.
• Knowledge: Basic computer literacy (word, excel, outlook). Up to date knowledge of GMP and Quality Management Systems Pharmacy computerised systems. Appraisal knowledge. NVQ assessor. Project management knowledge.
• Skills: Good interpersonal skills. Regularly communicates with key groups / stakeholders: Pharmacy staff, Multidisciplinary Team / Cross sector, Patients, Carers, General Public, Pharmaceutical Industry (may be barriers to understanding). Experience of report writing.
• Additional Requirements: The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.