Main area: Pharmacy Grade Band 4/5 Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (150 hours over a four week 7 day rota period (Full Time))
Job ref: 205-6932356
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Town: STOKE ON TRENT
Salary: £26,530 - £36,483 per annum
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Pharmacy Production Officer-Technical Services
Band 4/5 Depending on experience
Job overview
Pharmacy Production Officer, Technical Services Band 4/5 depending on experience.
Full time – equating to 37.5 hours per week. Part time will be considered.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated technician to join our well-established team in Technical Services as a Pharmacy Production Officer. 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 re-packaging 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
As part of our manufacturing team you will be expected to prepare products, including systemic anti-cancer therapies and intravenous nutrition. This will involve working in a controlled environment and wearing protective garments and shoes. The post holder will be expected to understand and follow standard operating procedures and have good manual dexterity. Following in-house training, the post holder will undertake in-process, pre-process, and final release of products.
To achieve this you will need excellent organisational, communication, and computer skills with a high degree of attention to detail, and you will need to be able to work effectively with the existing team.
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 creates and encourages 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 our staff, patients, and carers, 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
Please refer to the JD/PD for full details on this post.
To arrange an informal visit or more information about the post, please contact the hiring manager.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
* NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences OR Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician (SMT) in Pharmaceutical Science OR an undergraduate degree in chemistry or biological sciences
* Commitment and evidence of continuous professional development
* Registered, or eligible to be registered, with the GPhC, Science Council (SMT), Royal Society of Chemistry, or Royal Society of Biology
* Training in Good Clinical Trials Practice and ICH
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* For Band 5: Extensive recent experience of working in hospital or industry pharmaceutical aseptic services with associated training
* A Band 4 position may be offered to applicants with little or no experience, and robust objectives would be set to be achieved to progress to Band 5 level (target within 2 years)
* 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.
* Good oral and written communication skills.
Important information about your application
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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.
Name: Tina Hancock
Job title: Lead Pharmacy Technician SACT Chemo Production
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 01782 674576
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