Job overview

To supervise the smooth running of daily activities within the Aseptic unit, provide assistance to other pharmacy staff and support activity as both a preparative operator and ‘in-process’ checker. To undertake planned work under the supervision of the Senior Technician, Lead Technician Technical Services. Work will be supported by the provision of clear standard operating procedures.

Applicants may be considered for progression from Band 2 to Band 3 upon successful completion of the Level 2 Pharmacy Services Qualification and relevant departmental competencies

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:

• To carry out departmental cleaning of the aseptic suites following the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual procedures, and keeping records of such activities up to date.
• “Setting up” of rooms and aseptic manufacturing cabinets prior to manufacture.
• Final packaging of all types of aseptically prepared products, ensuring safe practice is adhered to, as specified in departmental procedures. Ensure that on the completion of final packaging the product is stored appropriately until the responsible Pharmacist final releases the product/batch.
• Work within departmental SOPs to ensure departmental priorities set by the Lead Technician are met. The Lead Technician must be informed where these priorities are not going to be met.
• To support the day-to-day running of the department, assisting with the provision of the appropriate materials and support to ensure that products are manufactured in a timely manner.
• The set-up of sterile production batch ingredients and consumables.
• To be responsible for carrying out accurate stock level checks in-line with departmental policies and procedures.
• To supervise the setting up of Aseptic batches, by providing pre-preparation identity checks.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.