Overview
The Pharmacy Technical Services Department have a vacancy for a Band 3 Senior Assistant Technical Officer to work within our unit. Working in our specialist facility you will be part of a dedicated team preparing vital medicines for our patients. You will assist in the preparation of injectable medicines such as chemotherapy, intravenous nutrition and other life-saving therapies for our patients. You will also learn new skills giving you the opportunity to progress a career in the science and manufacturing field.
Once fully trained and competent, undertake all dispensing and checking responsibilities for the manufacture of a range of sterile injectable medicines which will include hazardous products such as cancer chemotherapy agents, radioactive materials, and less hazardous products such as nutrition and aseptic medicines. Under the guidance of the Pharmacy Technicians, once trained, act as a supervisor and mentor to other pharmacy staff, including trainees, working within Technical Services covering the day-to-day activities in support of the daily manufacturing requirements of the Technical Services unit.
Responsibilities
* Through application of aseptic manipulation skills, prepare an extensive range of sterile injectable medicines and prepare non-sterile products for release.
* Participate in the daily, weekly, monthly or six monthly cleaning activities associated with maintaining the unit to strict Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines.
* Accurate prescription and worksheet data inputting; accurately dispense medicines, ensuring the correct medicines are dispensed to the correct patients and booked out to the correct ward using the electronic stock control and labelling system(s).
* Under the direction of the Pharmacy Technicians support the training of assistants and new members of staff as they rotate through the different production areas to a level where those staff are ready for assessment.
* Support transport/distribution of stock and stock control/storeroom duties, including checking stock is in date and appropriately stored and delivering medicines throughout the hospital using our own delivery vehicle.
Additional information
* It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. To work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require a visa - sponsorship may be possible, but is not guaranteed.
* Benefits include optional pension and life assurance and a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team.
* We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support the ever-changing environment in which we operate.
* The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a non-smoking organisation.
* If you require an alternative format of this application form (such as Braille, audio or large print), please contact 01872 255755.
* In submitting an application form, you authorise Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority.
* The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, employing about 6,700 staff with a budget of approximately £580 million. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with several universities and have a growing focus on research and innovation.
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