Employer: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town: Calow
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/11/2024 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced, and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician/Science Manufacturing Technician. The successful candidate will deputise for the Production Manager in being responsible for the day-to-day oversight of workload within our MHRA licensed chemotherapy manufacturing unit.
This post offers a fantastic career opportunity for someone who is looking to further their aseptic expertise within a lead/managerial role. Our small, yet busy Pharmacy Production Unit provides an essential service to the patients within the Chesterfield Royal Hospital via both in-house manufacturing and outsourcing from external suppliers. The candidate appointed to this role will play a crucial part in ensuring that these patients receive the highest standard of care possible by participating in project work, operational duties, and assisting in the management of the Quality Management System.
Main duties of the job
Key result areas of the job include:
* To deputise for the Production Manager when required.
* Working alongside the Unit Co-ordinator to manage workload and appropriately distribute staff to ensure an efficient, high-quality service is provided.
* Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Quality Management System (QMS), including participation in deviation, error, and change management.
* To supervise and participate in aseptic manufacturing activities.
* Ensuring all staff are aware of and adhering to SOPs at all times and complying with GMP and MHRA guidelines.
* To ensure that all routine environmental monitoring and maintenance activities are carried out appropriately.
* To participate in training of staff at all levels within the department.
* To manage stock control systems within the department to ensure adequate stocks are maintained and be responsible for completion of stock takes and reconciliation.
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is North Derbyshire's only acute district general hospital, with 24-hour Emergency Department services; we're responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well-resourced, and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, and close to the Peak District. The Care Quality Commission has rated the Trust as ‘Good’. Our vision is to be an outstanding provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care to our patients and being a great place to work for our people.
The pharmacy department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is modern, pro-active, forward-thinking, and well respected both locally and nationally. We have won individual and team awards for innovation and clinical excellence in the Trust’s staff recognition awards and have won awards at the Pharmacy Congress for our service developments. We have also been shortlisted for Health Service Journal awards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached for full Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 NVQ/BTEC or equivalent (e.g. SMT)
* Minimum 2 years experience working in an aseptic unit
* Registered Pharmacy Technician/Scientist
Experience
* Experience of direct line management/supervision of other staff
* Experience of managing change
* Comprehensive experience of working in a GMP environment
* Experience working with a pharmacy QMS/PQS
* Experience of audit
* Experience working with high-cost medication and dose-banded chemo
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients; therefore, encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for, and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail; therefore, please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process, please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177, and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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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.
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