Band 6 Senior Radio-pharmacy Technician

The Royal Free London NHS Trust is a modern teaching hospital situated in North London near Hampstead Heath. The Nuclear Medicine department, with four gamma cameras and a PET/CT camera for diagnostic imaging, undertakes many imaging investigations, a specific range of laboratory-based tests and a range of therapy procedures.

Royal Free Hospital Radiopharmacy is situated within the Nuclear Medicine department, housing four negative pressure isolators and fully equipped QC lab; supplying a range of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals to the Nuclear Medicine Department and the National Amyloidosis Centre, under a MHRA Manufacturer's Specials Licence.

The Radiopharmacy also holds a MIA(IMP) Licence which allows the unit to manufacture radiopharmaceuticals for clinical trials, to contribute to a range of research activities based on collaboration with other departments of the hospital, the medical school and with other hospitals.

The Radiopharmacy also assist in theprocurement of radiopharmaceuticals and providing clinical support.

The post-holder will be a member of the team of pharmacists, scientists and technicians contributing to the Pharmaceutical Quality System, supporting clinical trials and routine production and quality control of all types of radiopharmaceuticals and is required to work to extremely high standards of accuracy and safety, involving significant personal responsibility for product quality.

Main duties of the job

To provide a key role in the provision of the comprehensive clinical Radiopharmacy service.

To provide a key role in the Pharmaceutical Quality System of the Radiopharmacy service.

To carry out aseptic manufacture and quality control of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.

To develop, implement and follow measures and systems for maintaining compliance with quality assurance, relevant legislation, guidelines, protocols and SOPs.

To be designated by the Trust as an operator under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) and as a Classified Worker under the Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR).

The Royal Free London NHS Trust is a modern teaching hospital situated in North London near Hampstead Heath. The Nuclear Medicine department, with four gamma cameras, PET/CT cameras for diagnostic imaging,undertakes many imaging investigations, a specific range of laboratory-based tests and a range of therapy procedures.