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Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
This exciting role is based at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, located in the heart of London’s financial district near St Paul’s Cathedral. St Bartholomew’s is renowned nationally and internationally for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, and research of patients. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high-quality teaching and research.
The Radiopharmacy Department at Barts Health is undergoing an exciting and innovative phase of exponential expansion and development. The Radiopharmacy department forms part of the Imaging department which relies on close working relationships between a number of different staff groups including scientists, pharmacy technicians, imaging technologists, physicists, and clinicians.
Our service includes a range of activities from the aseptic preparation of radiopharmaceuticals and blood cell radioisotope labelling for the purposes of diagnostic imaging, batch manufacture, clinical trials, and quality control laboratory activities.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated specialist who is able to work effectively in a team delivering safe and effective service to customers, in line with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and other relevant regulations. If you would like to work as part of this friendly team that is at the forefront of innovative Radiopharmacy delivery, and supports learning, development, and career progression too, then this is the job for you.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this post is to provide patients with outstanding services from the Radiopharmacy Unit (RPU). The post holder will be given in-depth training and will undertake developmental activities to enable them to gain skills and experience in a wide variety of Quality and Aseptic processes, in a specialist technical and radiopharmaceutical service. This will include blood labelling, production of Technetium-99 and Gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals.
The post holder will become competent in core duties in releasing, QC, and production where required. This will include participating in audits ahead of regulatory inspections.
Furthermore, supporting the clinical pharmacy approach into nuclear medicine and support in developing an approach to theranostics and radioligand therapy.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MPharm or equivalent
* Scientific degree with relevant experience may be considered.
* Specialist postgraduate certificate in Technical Services (e.g. national course Technology and Quality Assurance)
* Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
* Registration as a Clinical Technologist in the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
* Registered as Clinical Scientist with the Health Professions Council
Experience
* Proven experience of good performance in previous posts
* Previous experience of working within aseptics – Radiopharmacy, chemotherapy, TPN, CIVAS or manufacturing
* Experience in supervising and organising staff and work
* Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. preregistration / basic grade pharmacists
* Experience working with clinical trials
* Radiopharmacy Experience
* Experience with nuclear medicine
* Experience setting up clinical trials
* Releasing officer experience for aseptic products or radiopharmaceuticals
Skills
* Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
* Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
* Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculations and numeracy skills
* Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self
* Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
* IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programmes
* Demonstrates effective customer service skills
* Good team worker
* Evidence of good clinical practice
* Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear and spoken English (Verbal and written)
* Able to communicate effectively with all healthcare professionals, colleagues, patients, and external contractors.
* Demonstrated ability to deliver staff training
* Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
* Demonstrates ability to manage deviations and develop and review action plans
* Demonstrates basic project management skills
* Able to work effectively in stressful situations
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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