Aseptic Services Technician in Norwich

The Pharmacy Department provides a fully comprehensive pharmaceutical service across the Trust and to external community units. It is a large and busy department with over 180 staff including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, admin and clerical staff and apprentices. There are many varied roles and we work as a team to provide different functions and services while maintaining a high level of patient care.

Functions of the Pharmacy Department include the ordering, receipt and supply of medicines to wards and departments throughout the Trust/external units. This includes dispensing for inpatients, outpatients, community units and supplying ward stocks averaging around 2,500 items a day. Wards and external units are provided with a clinical service, with pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as integral parts of the multidisciplinary team. The pharmacy provides Aseptic Services such as the preparation and supply of chemotherapy and other sterile products. We have a Quality Assurance team that works to ensure that our products are prepared and supplied to meet the highest quality standards.

Main duties of the job:

• Performing pre-manufacture checks on items waiting to be prepared
• Generation of worksheets
• Aseptic manufacture of product
• Transfer decontamination and cleaning
• Training of new staff in the unit

You should be dedicated, flexible and able to work in a high pressured, busy and demanding working environment. You will need to be enthusiastic, have excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in developing your skills and knowledge. You will be expected to use a number of computer-based systems and, therefore, will have good IT skills.

Our Trust values of People Focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence are essential to a role working in the Pharmacy Department. We are a very busy, large department in a fast-paced teaching hospital. Therefore the ability to be able to work under pressure and respond to a frequently changing environment is essential.

The main aspects of this role are:

• Prepare the aseptic unit and equipment including calibration checks for daily working.
• Produce worksheets and labels for cytotoxic drugs using the computerised system (JAC).
• Produce worksheets and labels for TPN/CIVAS using the computerised system (JAC).
• Reconstitute and manufacture TPN, CIVAS and cytotoxic drugs under the supervision of Senior Pharmacy Technicians in accordance with departmental standard operating procedures and to the standard of the Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice.
• Highlight any deviations in practice to Senior Pharmacy Technicians.
• Formulate TPN, CIVAS and cytotoxics preparations using appropriate calculations.
• Ensure that all necessary records are completed, including batch records, equipment log files and cleaning records.
• Participate in the cleaning of the Aseptic Services Unit as required including cleaning of the isolators and other equipment used; and close down the unit at the end of the working day.
• Contribute to good stock control by using JAC programmes for TPN, CIVAS and cytotoxic products.
• Assist with the ordering of drugs and sundries within Aseptic Services.
• Assist the Principal Pharmacist, Aseptic Services and Operations Manager, Aseptic Services in the training of ward and other non-pharmacy staff in the preparation of medicines and techniques used within Aseptic Services and the demonstration of those techniques.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Please note that this advertised position does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.

Qualifications:

• BTEC or NVQ Level 3 qualification in Pharmacy Services/Pharmaceutical Science OR Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician
• Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician OR Science Manufacturing Technician

Experience:

• Previous experience in aseptic manipulation using isolator technology

Skills:

• Able to perform pharmaceutical formulation calculations
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.