Senior Pharmacy Technician - Quality Assurance
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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the pharmacy department to appoint a Senior Pharmacy Technician for Quality Assurance (QA). The post holder will be responsible for overseeing, co-ordinating and delivering a QA service to the pharmacy production unit and wider pharmacy service. The post holder will work closely with the pharmacy production team to ensure that the production unit is meeting the Good Manufacturing Practice requirements of a service working under a Section 10 exemption.
We aim to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally. Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is important to us. We are looking for individuals who are driven, resilient, passionate, and pro-active to join our busy team. Flexible working opportunities will be available for this position.
A flavour of your day to day:
* You will plan and implement a safe and effective pharmacy quality assurance service.
* Examining, recording and acting upon the results of operator validation tests and environmental monitoring tests.
* Recording activity within the production unit to national databases.
* Completing temperature monitoring of medicine storage locations.
* Responding to medication alerts and recalls issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
* Assessing unlicensed and imported medications for suitability to use.
* Preparing, reviewing and updating departmental policies and procedures.
* Developing and maintaining the pharmacy department electronic document management system.
* Participating in technician checking slots within the dispensary on a rostered basis.
* Participating in late and weekend working on a rostered basis.
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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Terence Arnott Job title: Principal Pharmacist Cancer Services Email address: Terence.Arnott@wsh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01284 713788
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Temporary
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Hospitals and Health Care
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