Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 205-7448519
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke on Trent
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Production Officer
Band 5
Job overview
Fixed term 12 months
Band 5 Production Officer
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to join our well established team in Pharmacy Technical Services for maternity leave cover.
The MHRA licenced ‘Specials’ pharmacy manufacturing unit is based at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and is a modern purpose built unit within the hospital. The service encompasses aseptic, chemotherapy and pre-pack (over labelling and repackaging products) supplying both the Trust and external organisations. As a department we constantly strive to re-engineer our services to improve our delivery of patient focused pharmaceutical care and customer satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self-motivated Advanced Assistant Technical Officer to work with our team in Pharmacy Technical Services.
The successful candidate will work within our Aseptic and Chemotherapy unit and will be required to set up and prepare medicines made within Pharmacy Technical Services. The post holder will be expected to understand and follow standard operating procedures.
The role includes undertaking relevant training, both external and internal in aspects of Pharmacy Services and associated technical activities where required.
In addition, the post holder will be required to assist with the operation and maintenance of quality systems ensuring compliance with the terms of the MHRA Manufacturing “Specials” Licence regarding all compounding and manufacturing processes.
This is a great time to be a part of the Pharmacy Technical Services Team at UHNM.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager Sam Stone
Sam Stone, Deputy Production Manager,
01782 674579
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A degree in a relevant science related to pharmacy or a BTEC / NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registered or eligible for registration with an appropriate professional body, for example, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Biology, Science Council, GPhC
- Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Training in Good Clinical Trials Practice and ICH
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post qualification experience of working within a laboratory/ pharmacy manufacturing environment.
- Computer literate with good general keyboard skills, for using the pharmacy computer systems, including ordering, receiving and stock and rectifying stock discrepancies.
- Literate and numerate.
- Ability to work well with all colleagues as part of a team
- Knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice including current initiatives relating to Technical Services
- Understanding of GMP
- Must be able to adhere to standard operating procedures and UHNM policies
Desirable criteria
- Previous manufacturing experience at an NHS aseptic facility or pharmaceutical industry
- Awareness of Health and Safety and COSHH issues
- Evidence of interest in new ways of working and developing specialist knowledge in a specialist area of practice
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
- Sam Stone
- Job title
- Deputy Production Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 674579
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