This senior technician post sits in the Cancer and Aseptic Services team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and leads quality assurance for aseptic services. The postholder owns the pharmaceutical quality system, runs audit and validation programmes and acts as approved product approver for releasing aseptic medicines. The post also covers service improvement and staff training, with weekend and bank holiday working as service needs require. What decides fit: recent aseptic operative experience and professional registration.
What the job involves
- Lead quality assurance across the Trust's aseptic services, ensuring medicines are prepared and released to regulatory and national standards
- Act as approved product approver, responsible for release of aseptically prepared products from the aseptic unit
- Manage and maintain the pharmaceutical quality system, and lead internal and external audit programmes
- Oversee environmental monitoring and lead validation, including validation master planning, equipment qualification, calibration and planned maintenance
- Lead support for investigations into incidents, complaints, deviations and non-conformances, applying risk management
- Carry out supplier qualification, supplier audits and product assessments, including processes for unlicensed medicines
- Provide expert quality assurance advice to pharmacy, Trust colleagues and external stakeholders, and represent the service at meetings
- Produce reports and assurance documentation for pharmacy, governance and Trust committees
- Deputise for senior technical staff and support operational leadership, including weekend and bank holiday working as required
- Lead competency-based training and education programmes for pharmacy staff
- Contribute to service improvement, business and workforce planning, budgetary control and cost improvement
- Develop KPIs, policies, standard operating procedures and governance frameworks
Qualifications
- Pharmaceutical service knowledge from formal training, such as NVQ Level 3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent
- MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance, or willingness to work towards it
- Equivalent relevant experience in a technical, scientific or quality-focused pharmaceutical environment
Registration & licences
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, Science Council or other appropriate professional body
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
- Recent experience as an aseptic operative delivering aseptic pharmacy services, including within hospital pharmacy
- Experience supervising, supporting and training less experienced staff
- Experience of aseptic services, quality management systems and pharmacy policies, and understanding of current NHS aseptic issues
- Experience ordering medicines and consumables where accuracy is critical
- Evidence of leading service improvement, innovation or organisational change, delivering cost improvement, and NHS project work
- Experience managing routine and non-routine workloads under pressure, applying risk management, and strong written and verbal communication
Skills & knowledge
- Sound knowledge of aseptic preparation and dispensing, cleanroom technology and pharmaceutical quality assurance
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation, COSHH and manual handling for aseptic services
- Extensive Microsoft Office 365 skills, including Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook
- Knowledge of HR policies and procedures
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
What’s offered
- Flexible working, as a Timewise-accredited flex positive employer
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
