Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Technical Services Team. This role will provide professional, clinical and technical support to our Technical Services Unit. You will lead on Parenteral Nutrition for (adults & paediatrics) and support Sterile Batch, Non-sterile Batch and CIVAS manufacture.
This is an excellent opportunity that will allow you to specialise in Technical Services while maintaining your clinical expertise.
Pharmacy Technical Services (PTS) is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. You will work across three sites including St Bartholomew's Hospital, The Royal London Hospital and Whips Cross University Hospital. The sites combined provide cytotoxics, parenteral nutrition, sterile manufactured products, CIVAS, Pre-packs and Specials to a variety of wards and clinics within the hospitals and to over 140 customers throughout the UK and Ireland.
Main duties of the job
You will provide Professional Pharmacist support to Technical Services i.e. Chemotherapy, TPN, CIVAS and Specials and Clinical Pharmacy services to associated wards / clinical areas e.g. cancer (medical and haematology), nutrition, paediatrics and gastroenterology.
You will be responsible for assisting the Senior Pharmacists in providing a safe and efficient service for all sites of Barts Health NHS Trust and external customers and be professionally responsible for the direct clinical and pharmaceutical duties you undertake, with the section managers being responsible for the overall service for that given area. You will ensure the Quality Management System is maintained in accordance with the license requirements as documented in procedures and policies and aid development in response to changes in regulations and legislation and to improve production processes.
You will work within operational parameters, agreed standard procedures and systems of work at all times thus ensuring a high level of GMP and safety is maintained. You will undertake projects in support of quality improvement, operational efficiency and cost reduction programs.
In return we will develop your skills, knowledge and experience with formal and on the job training. Full training will be given with opportunities actively encouraged to develop your technical knowledge.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be joining our dynamic team at an exciting and challenging time in developing a first class over-labelling and re-packaging service.
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.
For more information on this post please contact Rajpal Hayre Highly Specialist Pharmacist by email Rajpal.Hayre1@nhs.net or telephone number 02032460389.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be joining our dynamic team at an exciting and challenging time in developing a first class over-labelling and re-packaging service.
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.
For more information on this post please contact Rajpal Hayre Highly Specialist Pharmacist by email Rajpal.Hayre1@nhs.net or telephone number 02032460389.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master degree in Pharmacy Mpharm
- Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Member of General pharmaceutical council
Desirable
- Specialist postgraduate certificate in Technical Services (e.g. national course Technology and Quality Assurance)
- Clinical/Technical Modules or equivalent experience: o Paediatrics o Nutrition o Parenteral Therapy o Risk Management o Train trainer o Clinical Trials o Formulations o Stability
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience in post registration hospital experience
- Experience in providing a clinical pharmacy service to wards
- Previous clinical paediatric or neonatal experience
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Knowledge of Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
Desirable
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Good experience in post registration hospital experience
- Line Management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic Pharmaceutical care needs of PN patients
- Practical knowledge of GMP and QA
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles and practises of aseptic/parenteral e.g. formulation, stability, administration, legal issues
- Knowledge of COSHH and health and safety at work
Desirable
- Intermediate Pharmaceutical care needs of PN patients
- Knowledge of all aspect of GMP, QA and all current legislation and regulations
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to PN patients and regulation
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculation and numeracy skills
- Demonstrated ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
- Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Demonstrates ability to manage deviations and develop and review action plans
- Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Able to communicate effectively with all health care professionals, colleagues, patients and families
- Able to accurately follow written procedures
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise others and self
- Able to meet deadlines
- Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Good Team worker
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Demonstrates effective customer services skills
- Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
- Critical Appraisal skills
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated, hard working, conscientious
- Pleasant manner, clear speech
- Interest in expanding knowledge and selfdevelopmen
- Good time keeping and attendance record
- Good time keeping and attendance record
- Flexible approach
- Reliable
- Customer focused approach
- Shows empathy towards patients and carers
- Required to wear specialised clean room clothing and safety equipment
- Wearing of jewellery, make up and nail varnish is prohibited in all clean rooms and support areas
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Awareness of equal opportunities
- To participate in on-call rota
- To participate in weekends and Bank Holiday Rota
- Basic DBS check required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master degree in Pharmacy Mpharm
- Specialist postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
- Member of General pharmaceutical council
Desirable
- Specialist postgraduate certificate in Technical Services (e.g. national course Technology and Quality Assurance)
- Clinical/Technical Modules or equivalent experience: o Paediatrics o Nutrition o Parenteral Therapy o Risk Management o Train trainer o Clinical Trials o Formulations o Stability
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
Essential
- Experience in post registration hospital experience
- Experience in providing a clinical pharmacy service to wards
- Previous clinical paediatric or neonatal experience
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Knowledge of Good manufacturing practice (GMP)
Desirable
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts, where relevant
- Good experience in post registration hospital experience
- Line Management experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic Pharmaceutical care needs of PN patients
- Practical knowledge of GMP and QA
- Demonstrated knowledge of principles and practises of aseptic/parenteral e.g. formulation, stability, administration, legal issues
- Knowledge of COSHH and health and safety at work
Desirable
- Intermediate Pharmaceutical care needs of PN patients
- Knowledge of all aspect of GMP, QA and all current legislation and regulations
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to PN patients and regulation
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to perform accurate complex calculation and numeracy skills
- Demonstrated ability to identify pharmaceutical problems, prioritise and resolve them
- Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs
- Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
- Demonstrates ability to manage deviations and develop and review action plans
- Demonstrates ability to assess risk and propose change
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English
- Able to communicate effectively with all health care professionals, colleagues, patients and families
- Able to accurately follow written procedures
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise others and self
- Able to meet deadlines
- Able to work unsupervised and under pressure
- Good Team worker
- Demonstrated ability to influence others
- Demonstrates effective customer services skills
- Demonstrates ability to identify, analyse root cause and develop options for complex problems
- Critical Appraisal skills
Other
Essential
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated, hard working, conscientious
- Pleasant manner, clear speech
- Interest in expanding knowledge and selfdevelopmen
- Good time keeping and attendance record
- Good time keeping and attendance record
- Flexible approach
- Reliable
- Customer focused approach
- Shows empathy towards patients and carers
- Required to wear specialised clean room clothing and safety equipment
- Wearing of jewellery, make up and nail varnish is prohibited in all clean rooms and support areas
- Awareness of the needs of confidentiality
- Awareness of equal opportunities
- To participate in on-call rota
- To participate in weekends and Bank Holiday Rota
- Basic DBS check required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
