Job overview

We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Assistant Pharmaceutical Officer 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 have may have just the job for you!

We are looking for a Senior Assistant Pharmaceutical Officer 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, Clinical Trial medication and other sterile medicinal products.

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

Pharmaceutical Duties:

• The documentation and assembly of items prior to processing and subsequent completion of records
• To undertake aseptic processing of patient medicines and related products including clinical trials materials
• To undertake volume checking (in-process) accreditation to enable the supervision of aseptic processes
• To undertake education and training relevant to the post to demonstrate competence. To achieve an NVQ in level 2. (Please note that this position requires the post holder to demonstrate the minimum required levels of competence for this position within six months of commencing the post unless there are extenuating circumstances)
• To undertake other training and tests of ability in the exercise of skills as may be considered necessary.

Routine Duties:

• Maintaining stock levels of disposables and injections etc. ensuring good stock rotation
• To assist with the maintenance of high levels of cleanliness in all areas of the preparative services unit, including equipment
• The preparation and surface disinfection of items entering the clean rooms, i.e.: spraying and swabbing items into the pass-through hatches
• The sealing and wrapping of final products
• The delivery of finished products and sundries (including TPN and chemotherapy) to wards and departments
• The sorting and itemising of clean room garments before and after laundering
• To assist with routine administrative tasks including costings, activity data and the filing and archiving of documentation.

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.