Job overview
Following an internal reorganisation, an exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an exceptional pharmacy technician to manage the busy production units on a rotational basis at University College Hospital.
You will need to be registered with the GPhC or equivalent registration with the Science Council, with substantial post qualification pharmacy production experience which should include experience working as a team leader within a hospital Pharmacy sterile production unit.
As the Lead Production Technician, you will provide excellent leadership to a range of technical staff working in the unit. Good people skills; an excellent working knowledge of GMP; Good Stock Control Practice and sound dispensing skills are essential.
Main duties of the job
The production team is friendly and extremely hard-working, and the chemotherapy service is very busy, preparing around 50,000 doses pa, you will need to cope with the busy workloads, maintain high standards of accuracy and precision, help plan and schedule work, as well as building excellent relationships with the other members of the production team.
Previous applicant need not apply.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.