Job summary
- Main area
- Aseptic Services
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working will be required.)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-9172KS
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £70,396 - £80,837 per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacist Aseptic Services
Band 8b
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is an excited opportunity to work in a state of the art aseptic manufacturing facilities. The Aseptic Services Senior Pharmacist is responsible for leading, managing, and developing the pharmacy technical services unit to ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant preparation of sterile medicinal products under our Specials Manufacturing license.
Main duties of the job
The postholder oversees day-to-day GMP activities, supervises and trains pharmacy staff and technicians, ensures quality assurance procedures are maintained. The postholder also will lead on the validation and qualification of state of the art manufacturing equipment to ensure GMP compliance. They role act as the key liaison between the customers, clinical teams and the production unit, providing pharmaceutical advice on the use of injectable therapies, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, and other sterile products.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education and qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered pharmacist
- Minimum 4 years hospital experience
- Aseptic experience
Desirable criteria
- Business planning experience
- Policy development, IT proficiency
- Chemo prescribing system
Knowledge experience
Essential criteria
- GMP experience and understanding
- Oncology therapeutics
- Technical and aseptic services knowledge and experience
- Regulatory inspection experience
Desirable criteria
- General clinical pharmacy practice
skill abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Time management
- Team work
- Risk management
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate effective muti-disciplinary team work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Kenny Wong
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088692204
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