Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-6397103
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Technician - Stock Management - Cytolab
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Production Technician to join the Pharmacy team in the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit, City Campus, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). You will be joining a team of hardworking and dedicated professionals who formulate, prepare and aseptically compound medicines for our most vulnerable patients.
You will support and deputise for the Chief Technician, in all aspects of the management and organization of the department, contributing to service delivery, assisting in forward planning and prioritisation of the work flow and liaising with key service users to ensure provision is appropriate and responsive to their needs.
You will also take the lead responsibility for reviewing and maintaining stock levels of cytotoxic drugs, monoclonal antibodies and consumables, to ensure availability of and prevent delays to patient treatments whilst achieving minimal stock holding.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification. This interesting and varied role will require you to process and manufacture a wide range of sterile medicines including chemotherapy and investigational medicinal products for clinical trial patients. Another large element of this job role is to take the lead and be responsible for reviewing and maintaining adequate stock levels to ensure availability for patients, whilst achieving minimal stock holding and wastage. The work will be varied and challenging, working to tight deadlines to achieve targets and respond to patient and customer needs. You should be able work under pressure, prioritise and organise workloads and be able to work alone or as part of a bigger team. We are looking for confident self-motivated individuals with excellent IT, communication, problem solving and decision making skills. You will need to be able to work unsupervised in all aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing, including: specialist aseptic dispensing, preparation of investigational medicinal products for clinical trial patients and work in specialised cleanroom environments using specialist equipment.
Working for our organisation
Post holder is required to work flexibly between shift patterns i.e. 07:00 - 15:15 and 08:45 - 17:00, Monday - Friday. As the service develops, you may be required to work a shift system including 7 day working patterns. The department offers a weekend and bank holiday service which you will be expected to participate in. If you are a skilled and motivated individual looking for the next career step, then you should consider applying for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please carefully read the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert for more details.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy services / Level 3 Diploma in the Principles of Aseptic Pharmaceuticals Processing, or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC OR Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) with Science Council
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of willingness to undergo training in pharmacy related aspects of sterile production
- Supervisory qualification
- Training qualification
- Aseptic dispensing course attended, e.g. Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to dispense aseptic products accurately following GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
- Experience of working in a licensed/unlicensed production unit
- Extensive experience and knowledge of quality assurance of aseptic preparation services
- Experience of stock management including stock takes
- Evidence of setting up new systems of work
- Challenging approach
- Knowledge of GMP & other legislation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of dispensing aseptic cytotoxic chemotherapy
- Investigating stock level discrepancies and to follow up order queries
- Understands ordering processes to ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained
- Responsible for reviewing stock levels
- Co-ordinating annual or rolling stock takes
- Supervisory experience in sterile production
- Staff training and management
- Quality and audit experience
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Already participating in the training of other staff
- Empathy with pharmacy customers
- Professional and approachable
- Confident & able to inspire confidence in others
- Can work well on their own or as part of a team
- Self-motivated & able to motivate other
- Evidence of active participation in change management
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in appraisal and objective setting
- Counselling skills
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Able to assess and minimise risk in production process
- Positive thinker, problem solver
- Decision making and prioritisation skills
- Able to analyse, interpret, label and dispense from prescriptions and production worksheets
- Works effectively as part of a team and also alone – depending on task
- Able to use initiative when dealing with a variety of situations
Desirable criteria
- Participation in waste reduction schemes
- Generation of waste reports
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Manages their own time effectively, able to prioritise their work and work in an organised manner
- Organise and co-ordinate work and training of others
- Able to oversee more than one task at a time, prioritise accordingly and work to agreed deadlines
- Able to work under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Skills
- Initiate investigations and project work
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Manual dexterity to perform detailed technical tasks accurately
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods
- Able to lift boxes weighing up to 10kg
- Good IT Skills/ ability to use VDU screens for several hours per day
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Conscientious and compassionate
- Ability to work accurately under pressure
- Demonstrates logical thinking
- Knows own limitations
- Flexibility – will be required to participate in rostered, flexible shift working
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in recruitment of staff
- Conducting return to work interviews following staff sickness
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Leon Parsons
- Job title
- Advanced Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9691169
- Additional information
0115 9691169 ext. 74566 / 82830
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