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Job summary

Main area
Technical Services
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-3081
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Town
London
Salary
£35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/06/2025 23:59

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Whittington Health NHS Trust logo

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Production Pharmacy

Band 5

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

NEWLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY - FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person to support the Pharmacy Aseptic Services in the provision of chemotherapy to patients within the Trust. 

We are looking for a qualified technician with experience to join our small friendly team. You will have recent hospital or aseptic experience, good communication skills, and a good knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice. You will also have experience of teamwork, staff supervision, training others and work planning. 

The Department is hugely supportive and actively encourages creative thinking to improve services, patient experience and to develop new roles, drawing on strengths and experiences of the team. 

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NEWLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS ARE WELCOME APPLY - FULL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED

Key tasks will include the following:

To assist and supervise, to a high quality, the provision of a chemotherapy compounding service and ensure the safe accurate provision of supportive medication. To support the roles of and work under the supervision of the Chief Technician & Accountable Pharmacist.

Main duties

  1. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality aseptic pharmacy service to the Trust’s patients. 
  2. To assist in the provision of a safe, efficient and high-quality dispensing service of supportive medication.
  3. To actively encourage the adherence to all procedures relating to aseptic services and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
  4. To have an excellent working knowledge of all procedures, guidelines, and legislation.
  5. To participate in the writing, review and update of Standard Operating Procedures and other Quality Assurance (QA) documentation.
  6. To liaise with pharmacists, production staff and ward staff on a daily basis, to help regulate and manage workflow efficiently. 
  7. Participate in Pharmacy Team meetings as required.
  8. To problem solve at short notice such as stock supply, staff issues, equipment failures, capacity planning whilst maintaining the day-to-day service efficiently and safely. 

See Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ3
  • Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (by start date)
Desirable criteria
  • ACPT and/or PAAP accreditation

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to work well in a team
  • Able to train others
  • Problem solving skills
  • Computer/IT skills
  • Clear and literate writing skills
  • Attention to detail

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent hospital or aseptic unit experience
  • Knowledge of cytotoxic handling
  • Knowledge of efficient stock control e.g. stock rotation, ordering
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of manufacturing aseptically prepared products in an isolator, including validations
  • Experience of working in a large multidisciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good knowledge of GMP
  • Good knowledge of QA
  • Awareness of the dangers associated with handling hazardous products
Desirable criteria
  • Understands the importance of quality issues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joshni Seery
Job title
Chief Technician - Technical Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02072883259
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