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Job summary

Main area
Integrated and Specialist Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week between the hours of 08:00 and 18:30 Monday to Friday with a commitment to weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis.)
Job ref
196-LIS9769
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital, Cancer Center
Town
London
Salary
£30,546 - £32,207 per annum inc. H.C.A.
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
03/09/2025

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Senior Assistant Technical Officer

NHS AfC: Band 3

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 looking for enthusiastic Senior Assistant Technical Officer to undertake the aseptic preparation and dispensing of medicinal products including cytotoxic drugs within a production area following internal Standard Operating Procedures, and the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice and Quality Assurance.

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for: 

  • Ensuring the safe, efficient and compliant manufacture of a range of pharmaceuticals under section 10 exemption of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.
  • Ensuring excellent GMP practices are maintained at all times.
  • Prioritising workload dependent on the patient's status, appointment time and order of chemotherapy and escalate any issues to the Senior Technician. 

Working for our organisation

The Chemotherapy Preparation and Dispensing Unit is located at the Guy's Hospital Site and produces a variety of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) for use within the hospital trust for patients.

A satellite Cancer Centre unit is based at Queen Mary's Hospital (QMH) - Sidcup, that offers our  patients the opportunity for treatment closer to home.  

CPDU works in close collaboration with the Quality Assurance team and other pharmacy aseptic services units in the trust across sites; licensed and unlicensed units. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As an overview general duties include the following, for full details refer to the JD provided.

  • To undertake, after suitable training, the aseptic preparation and dispensing of medicinal products following unit SOPs in one of the aseptic production units. 
  • To ensure that all working practices meet the requirements of the Medicines Act as outlined in the Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice, Standard Operating Procedures, Health and Safety at work act, COSSH and any other relevant legislation.
  • To undertake monitoring of facilities and equipment.
  • To assist in the maintenance and cleaning of the unit as required and help in maintaining the general tidiness of the unit.

     

 

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • GSCE English, Maths and Science Grade A to C or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 2 - optional units: relevant to pharmacy practice area or equivalent

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates ability to work accurately to set procedures
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately and prioritise work load
  • Demonstrated understanding of the principles of GMP and QA in a manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated good manual dexterity to undertake fine and accurate manipulative work
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely according to local procedures
  • Previous experience of working in a NHS or commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing environment undertaking aseptic manufacture of medicines

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate information effectively using clear written and spoken English
  • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and under own initiative
  • Demonstrated ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time
  • Understanding of the importance of hygiene standards in the preparation of medicines

Availability

Essential criteria
  • Able to work late shifts, bank holidays and weekends

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Egle Dudaite
Job title
Principal Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071887940
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