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We are excited to seek a Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our aseptic services team.
If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic pharmacy technician looking for a leadership role in aseptics we would love to hear from you.
You will directly manage a team of pharmacy technicians, specialist technical officers and support assistants and will be responsible for coordinating the daily operational delivery of aseptic services, under the supervision of the Aseptic Services Manager and Accountable Pharmacist.
You will support the Accountable pharmacist by checking & releasing aseptically prepared products & managing the Pharmaceutical Quality Systems to ensure compliance with good manufacturing practice.
This is an exciting time to join our team as we area a designated "pathfinder" site. We will be moving to a purpose built, off-site aseptic facility, significantly expanding our capacity to manufacture aseptic products under an MS license to supply the region. This will be in collaboration with Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, as part of a one hub, two-site regional aseptic hub facility.
* Be responsible for coordinating the daily operational delivery of aseptic services under the supervision of the Accountable Pharmacist and Aseptic Services Manager, ensuring the effective and efficient supply of aseptically prepared medicines, both prepared in-house and outsourced
* Delivery of a high quality specialised pharmacy aseptic service under Section 10 of the Medicines Act 1968 and compliant with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) to ensure the optimisation of medicines for patients attending and admitted to University Hospitals Plymouth.
* Directly manage a team of pharmacy technicians, specialist technical officers and assistants, including undertaking annual appraisals and 1:1 performance and development meetings.
* To engage with Quality Improvement and practice research projects.
* Support research within aseptic services and the wider UHP Trust.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) NHS is the largest hospital on the Southwest Peninsula providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary care to a population of around 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services including bone marrow transplant, sarcoma surgery and hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer surgery (not exhaustive) and the regional trauma Centre.
UHP is a lager tertiary centre, with an expanding clinical trial portfolio across cancer services. We hold JACIE accreditation for Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) and are one of NHS England’s Wave 3 CAR-T centres.
The pharmacy department has recently undergone an exciting refurbishment including the installation of state-of-the-art robots and automated controlled drug cabinets alongside the opening of a new outpatient pharmacy.
We are a team who are truly committed to the development of our staff both personally and professionally and would support you to attain your goals. You will be working with a Chief Pharmacist who is committed to you as an individual.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Horton Job title: Aseptic Services Manager Email address: amandahorton@nhs.net Telephone number: 01752 437447
For an informal discussion or to arrange a site visit please contact Amanda Horton, Aseptic Services Manager, amandahorton@nhs.net or Claire Rogers, Lead Pharmacy Technician, Aseptic Services, clairerogers1@nhs.net
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