Pharmacy Technician Aseptic Services / Science Manufacturing Tech

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 November 2024

Job summary

MFT is one of the biggest, most ambitious, and progressive NHS Trusts in the country. We are responsible for running a family of nine hospitals across six separate sites, providing a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services.

You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council or a Science Manufacturing Technician registered with the Science Council. However we will give consideration to students due to qualify this year.

We are looking for an excellent team player who is flexible and self-motivated to enhance our Aseptic Services Team. You will have a professional outlook and able to demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills providing support to deliver an exceptionally high standard of Aseptic Service. A working knowledge of Aseptic Services is desirable but not essential as a comprehensive training program is available.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills:

  • The ability to work accurately and methodically
  • Effectively under pressure and have an excellent eye for detail
  • Working to your own initiative to meet deadlines
  • Committed to deliver a high standard in patient focused service.
  • Comfortable working within confined areas as this is a cleanroom environment.

There will be a requirement to participate in extended hours working including weekend and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

You will have responsibility for assisting the Senior Technical Team in the day-to-day management and development of the Aseptic Services Unit Cytotoxic, PN and CIVA Service within MFT.

To carry out aseptic preparation including parenteral nutrition, CIVA, cytotoxic drugs, gene therapy and monoclonal antibodies from point of prescription receipt including accurately measuring volumes, following departmental procedures.

You will be responsible for the transfer disinfection into the aseptic units all items required for aseptic process

To assist the Senior Technical Team - Aseptic Services in planning, organising and managing the workload in accordance with the capacity plan, ensuring adequate numbers of appropriately trained staff are available to perform tasks required for a given activity level and feeding back information to Senior managers when breaches and constraints occur sing, following departmental processes.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of HIVE; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Date posted

13 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-CSS-6777866*

Job locations

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ3 / BTEC in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification (Pharmacy Techncian) or Science Manufacturing Technician Level 3 (Science Manufacturing Technician)
  • Registered with the GPhC (Pharmacy Technician), Science Council (Science Manufacturing Technician)

Desirable

  • BTEC accredited accuracy checking qualification or equivalent aseptic services qualification
  • Relevant post qualification Aseptic Services, experience courses and training
  • Leeds University Aseptic Preparation of Medicines (APDM) short course

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • General awareness of what the role involves.
  • CPD development
  • Post qualification experience as a technician in hospital pharmacy and experience as an Aseptically trained technician
  • Good working knowledge of safe dispensing and aseptic practices.
  • Evidence of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis.
  • Evidence of active involvement in service development
  • Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing

Skills

Essential

  • Good Interpersonal Skills to promote good customer service.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure.
  • Demonstrate good time management and organisational skills.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ3 / BTEC in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification (Pharmacy Techncian) or Science Manufacturing Technician Level 3 (Science Manufacturing Technician)
  • Registered with the GPhC (Pharmacy Technician), Science Council (Science Manufacturing Technician)

Desirable

  • BTEC accredited accuracy checking qualification or equivalent aseptic services qualification
  • Relevant post qualification Aseptic Services, experience courses and training
  • Leeds University Aseptic Preparation of Medicines (APDM) short course

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • General awareness of what the role involves.
  • CPD development
  • Post qualification experience as a technician in hospital pharmacy and experience as an Aseptically trained technician
  • Good working knowledge of safe dispensing and aseptic practices.
  • Evidence of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis.
  • Evidence of active involvement in service development
  • Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing

Skills

Essential

  • Good Interpersonal Skills to promote good customer service.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure.
  • Demonstrate good time management and organisational skills.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Technical Operational Lead - Aseptics

Zoe Stephens

Zoe.Stephens@mft.nhs.uk

01612765179

Date posted

13 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-CSS-6777866*

Job locations

Oxford Road Campus

Manchester

M13 9WL


Supporting documents

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