Senior Radiopharmacy Production Training Officer Bristol

The Radiopharmacy provides diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical products and services across the Southwest of England. The Senior Radiopharmacy Production Training Officer is a senior member of the Radiopharmacy Production Team, working under the department's Manufacturer's (Specials) Licence to support the safe and efficient manufacture, quality assurance and supply of radiopharmaceutical products. The Radiopharmacy department is currently undergoing an exciting period of transformation. The Senior Radiopharmacy Production Training Officer will play a key role in shaping the department's training programme, supporting the development and competency of the production workforce, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring the safe, effective, and compliant delivery of radiopharmaceutical production services.

Main duties of the job:

• Coordinating, overseeing and progressing production training and competency development for Radiopharmacy Production staff.
• Planning and monitoring training programmes, maintaining training documentation and competency records.
• Ensuring trainees are allocated appropriate training time.
• Supporting the implementation of training improvements in response to service and regulatory requirements.
• Undertaking routine radiopharmaceutical production activities.
• Supporting the Deputy Radiopharmacy Production Lead with operational and quality management activities, including audits, observed assessments and invoicing processes.
• Providing operational support to the Production Lead and Deputy Production Lead.
• Undertaking urgent operational duties in their absence, including workload coordination and rota planning, to ensure continuity of service delivery.

About us:

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Job responsibilities:

All work will be undertaken in specialist aseptic clean room facilities which we are required to operate under strict regulatory rules. The guidelines covering the operation of these aseptic facilities mean that staff members with certain long term or recurrent medical or health conditions, such as gastrointestinal or skin conditions, can represent a risk of microbial contamination which therefore precludes access to the clean room. For candidates information, our Occupational Health team will carry out an assessment at the stage when conditional offers are made. The assessment will consider whether any candidate would not be able to work in an aseptic facility and/or whether any candidate would be able to work in an aseptic facility with any restrictions or reasonable adjustments.

Person Specification:

Education and qualifications:

• Essential: Science degree or relevant experience.
• Desirable: Pharmacy Technician, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Evidence of further training & development in aseptic services or willingness to undertake further training e.g. PTQA or STP qualifications.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Essential: Good practical skills with ability to work accurately and neatly. Exceptional communication, organisational, time management and prioritisation skills. Highly computer literate (IT experience with spreadsheets and databases). Good attention to detail. Physically able to participate in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals with moderate lifting and standing/sitting for long period dispensing. Ability to plan and coordinate training activities alongside operational service requirements.
• Desirable: Good understanding of guidance (national and international) standards relating to Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practice.

Experience:

• Essential: Substantial experience of pharmaceutical manufacturing (licensed) in hospital setting including radiopharmaceutical and/or aseptic dispensing. Experience of working in a team and independently. Experience of training, mentoring or supporting the competency development of staff.

Personal qualities:

• Essential: Able to make decisions, work independently, self-motivate and use initiative. Able to be helpful, work collaboratively and be supportive within a team. Respectful to others, treat everyone as an individual. Attention to detail. Willing to learn, open to change.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship:

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer contact details:

For questions about the job, contact: Radiopharmacy Production Lead, Syed Hyder Bukhari, syedhyder.bukhari@uhbw.nhs.uk