Production Technician - Aseptic Services in Liverpool

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Children's Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 4

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to an enthusiastic and self motivated professional to join our Aseptic Services team at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

This is a new role within our team and provides an opportunity to either a registered Pharmacy Technician or Science Manufacturing Technician (SMT Level 3 qualified) looking to take the next step in their career in aseptic services and is willing to develop with the role, to support the preparation of high quality medicines for our children and young people.

Working alongside our busy team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, you will perform day to day production activities within the aseptic unit. You will use your professional knowledge and expertise to support the Production Manager and Senior Technicians in supervising activities to ensure that high standards and compliance with standard operating procedures and GMP are maintained at all times.

Our service provides a wide range of cytotoxic and CIVAS items to our specialist clinical teams, as well as innovative and novel treatments through a wide range of clinical trials. We also prepare parenteral nutrition (PN) for our neonatal and paediatric patients making this a varied and fulfilling role.

Main duties of the job

To deliver the day to day aseptic services and products and maintenance of the aseptic services facilities and equipment . You will be undertaking and supervising preparation activities within a designated area, carrying out in-process accuracy checks. You will accurately generate documentation for the preparation of products and undertake tasks to maintain operational functions of the aseptic facility such as stock checks and cleaning, according to defined procedures.

Full details of the roles and responsibilities of this role can be found in the attached Job Description

Working for our organisation

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details of role and responsibilities. For further information or to discuss this opportunity, please get in touch with Judith King, Production Manager.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council or Science Council
• Commitment to undertake in-house training
• Leeds Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM)

Experience

• Demonstrable knowledge of GMP or QC laboratory practical work experience and/or substantial experience in an industrial /pharmaceutical setting
• Demonstrable experience of delivering training
• Demonstrable experience of supervision of team members
• Working with pharmaceutical isolators and using automated pharmaceutical compounders
• Experience in hospital pharmacy aseptic services
• Be familiar with handling cytotoxic drugs following approved procedures

Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of safe aseptic practice & Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Demonstrable understanding of good stock management principles

Skills

• Good organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to follow processes through methodically and meet deadlines
• Ability to work well within various teams and able to work on own initiative
• Good problem-solving abilities
• Numerate - for carrying out worksheet calculations
• Basic computer skills for production of labels and worksheets

Personal Attributes

• Ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with patients and staff.
• Good attention to detail and responsible attitude towards quality and accuracy.
• Commitment to Continuous Professional Development
• Proactive approach to developing own training
• Proactive approach to the training and development of new colleagues

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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