Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team of pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists to help deliver safe, high-quality medicines to our patients in a timely manner.

After a period of structured training, you will become a key part of an established team.  Once competent you will be given the opportunity to complete an NVQ level 2 as part of the role.

Working in clean rooms you will be trained to prepare medicines using isolators, calculate doses, assemble products and perform checks.  You will assist all staff in maintaining the aseptic unit by performing critical tasks to ensure the cleanliness.

With the introduction of a new qualification currently being completed by some of our assistants, this is an exciting opportunity to start a rewarding career in technical services

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!

Main duties of the job

To carry out all work following standard operating procedures.

Manufacture chemotherapy, clinical trials and other intravenous additives.

Assembly, labelling and accuracy checking of aseptic products.

Prepare and calculate worksheets, transcribing patient information and doses from chemocare.

Daily checks to be carried out  reporting any out of specification results.

Complete environmental monitoring testing duties, e.g contact plates, weekly plates and isolator leak testing.

Stock management.

Maintaining all operator validations.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. 

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust