Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technical Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank holiday and weekend on-call on rotation)
- Job ref
- 156-7414306
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Technical Services
Band 3
Job overview
The Pharmacy Technical Services Department have a vacancy for a Band 3 Senior Assistant Technical Officer to work within our unit. Working in our specialist facility you will be part of a dedicated team preparing vital medicines for our patients. You will assist in the preparation of injectable medicines such as chemotherapy, intravenous nutrition and other life-saving therapies for our patients. You will also learn new skills giving you the opportunity to progress a career in the science and manufacturing field.
Main duties of the job
Once fully trained and competent, undertake all dispensing and checking responsibilities for the manufacture of a range of sterile injectable medicines which will include hazardous products such as cancer chemotherapy agents, radioactive materials, and less hazardous products such as nutrition and aseptic medicines.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Pharmacy Technicians, once trained, act as a supervisor and mentor to other pharmacy staff, including trainees, working within Technical Services covering the day-to-day activities in support of the daily manufacturing requirements of the Technical Services unit.
Through application of aseptic manipulation skills, prepare an extensive range of sterile injectable medicines and prepare non-sterile products for release.
Participate in the daily, weekly, monthly or six monthly cleaning activities associated with maintaining the unit to strict Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines.
Accurate prescription and worksheet data inputting- Accurately dispense medicines, ensuring the correct medicines are dispensed to the correct patients and booked out to the correct ward using the electronic stock control and labelling system(s).
Under the direction of the Pharmacy Technicians’ support the training of assistants and new members of staff as they rotate through the different production areas to a level where those staff are ready for assessment.
Support transport/distribution of stock and stock control/storeroom duties. This includes checking stock is in date and appropriately stored and delivering medicines throughout the hospital using our own delivery vehicle.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE grade 4 and above in Maths and English (or equivalent) or NVQ2 in a Pharmacy Discipline
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Grade 4 and above in a Science subject (or equivalent)
- NVQ
- Full clean manual UK driving licence
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a Pharmacy environment
- Experience providing staff supervision
- Experience of working within a hospital Technical Services Unit
- Previous experience working in a busy hospital or community pharmacy as an assitant technical services officer or dispenser
- Experienced of working with hazardous materials
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lesley Richards
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 258394
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