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Job summary

Main area
Aseptic Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus participation in late rota to release outsourced PN once a week 17:30-21:00)
Job ref
196-LIS9662
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Thomas' Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/07/2025 23:59

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Production Pharmacist Parenteral Nutrition and CIVAS

NHS AfC: Band 7

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

We are pleased to announce a vacancy in search of a Production Pharmacist at our St Thomas' site covering PN and CIVAS.

We are seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist with a keen interest in aseptic services and quality management to join and operationally lead our PN service and CIVAS unit.  You will work closely with clinical, pharmacy and other operational management teams to provide a patient-focused service. You will also work closely with our large multi-disciplinary clinical trials team, providing innovative treatments.

We are looking for a candidate who ideally has experience in aseptic services and pharmaceutical quality assurance, with a desire to progress in these areas.  

Joining our aseptic services team at Guy's & St Thomas' is an exciting proposition, with significant aseptic estates development planned over the next five years and growing demand for clinical trials, CIVAS, cancer treatments and advanced therapies. The CIVAS unit has recently undergone a refurbishment project, and will be utilising the latest technology, including particle counting and gassing isolators.

Don't miss out on being part of our dynamic journey forward!

Main duties of the job

  • To act as an authorised pharmacist responsible for the provision of CIVAS and PN products prepared and released under Section 10 exemption.
  • To manage the day-to-day operations of the CIVAS and PN units, and work collaboratively with staff in the unit and wider pharmacy and clinical teams.
  • To ensure service delivery meets the needs of our patients.
  • To ensure the requirements of the site quality management system are complied with as required by Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services (QAAPS), national and NHS guidance.
  • To work with the Clinical Trials team in delivering clinical trials for GSTT and commercial sponsored trials to ensure full preparation and clinical regulatory compliance. 

Working for our organisation

Guy's & St Thomas' Technical Services has one of the country's largest manufacturing facilities, split across a number of sites and involves around 140 staff working in licensed manufacturing and named patient dispensing areas. Services include aseptic preparation of CIVAS and chemotherapy, sterile and non-sterile manufacturing, clinical trials, quality control and quality assurance. 

There is a wide range of expertise throughout the department and many opportunities to learn and develop from technical experts. We have cultivated a culture that actively promotes patient safety as a top priority. This ethos is ingrained in our team's values and everyday practices, fostering an environment where every member is committed to upholding the highest standards of care.

The extensive multidisciplinary team (MDT), including consultants, registrars, clinical nurse specialists, specialist clinical and technical pharmacists, clinical research teams and administrative staff work together in a dynamic environment to deliver seamless care to our extensive patient cohort.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description/person specification for full details on the role and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous assessable experience in CIVAS, chemotherapy, PN or sterile/non-sterile manufacturing
  • Previous assessable experience in staff training and assessment

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree MPharm
  • Certificate in clinical Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Specialist higher degree (Masters) in Technical Services (e.g. Pharmaceutical Technology & Quality Assurance MSc) or working towards
  • Specialist higher degree (Masters) or Diploma in clinical Pharmacy Practice

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Practical knowledge of GMP, QA and all current relevant regulations
  • Ability to organise own time and the time of others
  • Experience of managing change and deviations within a pharmaceutical quality management system
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to apply the principles of GCP and GMP to the running of clinical trials
  • Ability to undertake the day to day management, motivation and appraisal of staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Francesca Lewis
Job title
Senior Aseptic Services Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 188 9486
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