Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours a week between the hours of 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday with a commitment to weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis. To participate in out of hours working in Pharmacy Aseptic Services)
Job ref 196-LIS9445
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Guy's Hospital, Guy's Cancer Centre
Town London
Salary £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inc. HCA
Salary period Yearly
Closing 05/05/2025 23:59
Interview date 21/05/2025
Senior Production Technician (Chemotherapy Services)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
We are looking for a suitably experienced pharmaceutical senior production technician to join our chemotherapy aseptic preparation and dispensing team based in Guy's Cancer Centre. The candidate should be an enthusiastic team player who is able to demonstrate excellent organisational & training skills, effective communication, and has an excellent working knowledge of GMP and manufacturing experience of pharmaceuticals.
Strong foundations in GMP practices, preparing PQS documents such as deviations, change controls and CAPA documents is required.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
* Supporting the Principal Pharmacy Technicians (Aseptic Services) in the running of the chemotherapy unit and supervising the production operators in the clean room environment.
* To ensure the safe, efficient and compliant manufacture of a range of pharmaceuticals under section 10 exemption of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.
* Ensure excellent GMP practices are maintained at all times.
* To train junior staff members in aseptic production practices.
* To supervise a cohort of pharmacy assistants and production technicians in both preparation and dispensing activities.
* To participate in the aseptic technical verification of screened prescriptions in EPIC.
* To manage the workload in both cleanrooms and support areas.
* To ensure that effective usage of the raw materials is undertaken and minimise wastage.
* To ensure that daily physical monitoring is maintained and QMH courier is organised in a timely manner for daily delivery.
* To act as team lead on weekend working.
Working for our organisation
The Chemotherapy Preparation and Dispensing Unit is located at the Guy's Hospital Site and produces a variety of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) for use within the hospital trust for patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an overview general duties include the following, for full details refer to the JD provided.
* To participate and supervise all technical aspects of aseptic preparation and to ensure products are made to the highest quality, enforced by GMP and QA systems and that they are fit for their intended use.
* To act as a role model to staff working throughout the department.
* To undertake any other reasonable duties as specified by the Principal technician and senior team.
* To assist in recruitment and selection of staff to the Trust’s Pharmacy Manufacturing unit and assist in recruitment to the pharmacy as a whole.
* To be the responsible supervisor critical checker within production areas and to undertake when required preparation and dispensing of raw materials and other products.
Person specification
Skills
* Ability to accurately undertake in-process critical checks.
* Good interpersonal, communication, written and oral skills.
* Ability to work at an isolator preparing aseptically produced CIVAs, PN and cytotoxic drugs for long periods of time (e.g. 3 hour sessions, usually 2 sessions per day).
* Be familiar with handling and preparing cytotoxic drugs following approved procedures: GMP, COSHH.
* Demonstrated ability to work in a busy demand-led service and be able to work under pressure.
* Significant post-qualification experience in a GMP-compliant facility, preparing/manufacturing medicines for human use.
* Good team member and team leadership.
* Ability to prioritise workload effectively.
* Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives.
Experience
* Demonstrable understanding of the risks associated with aseptic preparation, particularly of hazardous drugs and how to identify/manage the risks.
* Specialist working knowledge of cleanroom, pharmaceutical isolator and laminar air flow technologies.
* Supervisory and Training delivery experience.
* Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to Clinical Trial.
* Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency based training e.g. Trainer the Trainers or equivalent / NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 – optional unit: 12 or equivalent.
* Previous experience of recruitment and selection of staff.
Qualification and knowledge
* NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent) or equivalent plus Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council OR Completion of Science Manufacturing Technician Level 3 apprenticeship OR Academic qualification (at least BSc) related to medicines for Human Use plus substantial experience working in a GMP-compliant facility preparing/manufacturing medicines for Human Use.
* Pre and In Process Checking Accreditation (PIPC).
* Leeds University Aseptic Preparation of Medicines (APDM) short course or equivalent.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
For further information or to arrange a site visit please contact Maria Jannat or Egle Dudaite.
Egle Dudaite - Principal Pharmacy Technician - Chemotherapy Services
Maria Jannat - Education and Training Principal Pharmacy Technician - Chemotherapy Services
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