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Pharmacy Support Worker Higher Level Aseptic Services-Pharmacy Lister
The closing date is 11 July 2025
We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Support Worker who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post holder will have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to work in our busy manufacturing unit within the pharmacy department at the Lister Hospital.
We have a state-of-the-art unit that has undergone extensive refurbishment. This is an exciting time for you to join our team and work in a brand-new facility.
The Lister Pharmacy Aseptic team is a growing and progressive team that makes personalised medicines, mainly injectable chemotherapy doses, in clean room environments for our Trust's patients.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to follow strict standard operating procedures in the preparation of drug products.
You will partake in the aseptic preparation of medicines as well as assembling and transferring drugs and consumables into the clean rooms.
You will be creating documentation using pharmacy software systems.
The successful candidate is required to be able to work methodically and have rigorous attention to detail. You must be willing to meet the strict personal requirements for clean room working and be dexterous to undertake aseptic preparation, including the manipulation and use of needles and syringes.
In house training and accreditation will be provided to achieve the required level of competency; on-going validation of aseptic technique is a requirement of the post.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Level 2 Science and Manufacturing course or equivalent
* Completion of aseptic accreditations
* In process volume checking accreditation
Knowledge
* Previous pharmacy or NHS experience
* Proven Supervisory skills
* Working with Customers
Experience
* experience of dealing with members of the public in a service capacity
* 1 year working as a pharmacy support worker
* knowledge of prescription charges and exemptions
Skills
* Able to use own initiative
* Able to plan own time
* Able to work as part of a team
* Able to demonstrate accuracy in your work
* Able to train/coach/teach tasks to other team members
Knowledge
* Able to perform simple calculations e.g. volume to draw up doses; pass calculation test
* Able to use MS applications
* Knowledge of GMP
* Have a good understanding of stock management
Other Requirements
* Calm under pressure
* Reliable
* Methodical
* Helpful
* Flexible
* Organised
* Be able to lift small boxes
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day
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.
Employer name
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
£24,625 to £25,674 a yearper annum-pro rata
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