Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Quality Assurance

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for the pharmacy department to employ a Pharmacy Assistant in the Quality Assurance Department. The QA Department support the aseptic team to manufacture sterile medicines within a clean room environment for hospital patients, treatments made include chemotherapy, antibiotics, IV nutrition and radiopharmaceuticals, both at BTHFT and at external NHS organisations.

You must be an excellent communicator with outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills. You will need to be forward thinking and enthusiastic, with a commitment to continuing professional development. BTHFT is a teaching hospital and Pharmacy demonstrate a significant commitment to training; the successful candidate can expect a supportive training programme and will also be expected to participate in supporting and training other staff as appropriate.

The ideal candidate will need to be dedicated and hardworking, and have a willingness to be flexible when necessary. As a consequence of the often pressured working environment, there is a strong management focus on staff wellbeing, flexible working and support within the team, the outcome being that the team is highly-functioning, fun, friendly and supportive of all colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The day to day job will include testing cleanroom environments to ensure they meet Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, following defined procedures and processes. The role will also involve working in the microbiological laboratory, handling environmental monitoring samples (note, these are common microorganisms and do not pose a danger to human health) ensuring Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), cleaning the pharmaceutical cleanrooms to GMP standards, ordering and receiving stock, management of equipment and maintaining a high standard of documentation and records.

This is a potential training post so no experience is necessary, however the successful candidate will be required to undertake training to NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services before being put onto the full band 3 payscale, and you should have a good basic level of education and English language skills. If you already possess an NVQ 2 in pharmacy services you will start on the band 3 payscale.

Usual working hours are Monday-Friday, between 8.45 am and 5.15pm but successful candidates may be required to undertake work outside of these hours when undertaking environmental monitoring to support customer needs, which may involve commencing work at 6am, and also occasionally staying overnight near customer premises across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Successful candidates will also be expected to participate on the weekend working rota.

About us

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.

We're a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.

In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We've received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand-new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children's unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.