Job summary
- Main area
- Aseptic Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 409-S7751696
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southport District General Hospital
- Town
- Southtport
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/05/2026
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Deputy Pharmacist - Aseptic Services
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
Highly Specialist Deputy Pharmacist - Aseptic Services
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
(Southport site)
Permanent
37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, committed and experienced Aseptic Services Pharmacist to join our busy team in providing a high quality aseptic service, including cytotoxics, parenteral nutrition and CIVAs to this Trust . The Aseptic Services Unit operates under Section 10 exemption.
The post provides an opportunity to be involved in multidisciplinary team meetings and the post holder will also participate in providing a clinical ward pharmacy service, providing a high level of pharmaceutical care to patients, providing and analysing relevant financial information, undertaking clinical audit and being actively involved in the education and training of junior pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and other healthcare professions.
Participation in the rotas for weekend working, late night working, Bank Holidays and pharmacy on-call will be required. We have over 100 staff operating across Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals. We have established automated dispensing systems within the dispensaries at both sites. Our Pharmacy Team is committed to continuous personal and professional growth and aims to give the necessary support to ensure that our team members’ needs can be met.
This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS (with barred list for vulnerable adults and children) disclosure
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change
Working for our organisation
On 1st July we came together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Act as a highly specialised deputy for the Aseptic Services Manager in the provision of professional supervision for all activities related to aseptic dispensing and batch manufacturing to ensure the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines within available resources. This includes provision of cytotoxics, parenteral nutrition and CIVA services.
• Undertake final product checking and release of aseptically prepared products prepared under Section 10 (Medicines Act 1968) and potentially in the future under an MHRA ‘Specials’ licence.
• Provide technical and clinical information to medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals and advise patients on the best use of their medicines.
• Participate in delivering training to pharmacists, technicians, pre-registration pharmacy graduates and assistants.
• Maintain and carry out all duties in compliance with Rules and Guidance to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Promote team working in the Aseptic Services Unit (ASU) and Pharmacy Dept.
See job description for more details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree, Registration
- Diploma
Desirable criteria
- Aseptics Qualification/PTQA
- Non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical Hospital
- Aseptic experience
- Involvement in PQS
Desirable criteria
- Line manager
- MHRA licensed Unit Experience
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of QAAPs
- GMP knowledge
Desirable criteria
- PN knowledge
- Understanding TSET
- Teaching
- Understanding of QA audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Carman
- Job title
- Aseptic Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01704 704671
- Additional information
Michele Coffey
Senior Aseptic Technician
01704 704671
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