Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services

The Royal Free Hospital (RFH) pharmacy department works under a 'specials' manufacturers licence. The RFH pharmacy department also holds a Manufacturing Authorisation for Investigational Medicinal Products MIA (IMP), which allows the unit to manufacture products for Clinical Trials. The Pharmacy Manufacturing department is primarily concerned with the preparation and supply of medicines to internal and external customers including homecare services. The two key areas within the department that the post holder will be responsible for on rotation are Aseptic services (Cytotoxic unit, CIVAS) and Sterile /Non Sterile manufacture.

The post holder will ensure that production services are delivered in a safe, effective, economic and timely manner. The post holder will be responsible for the training and supervision of all technical staff within the designated areas and ensuring that all documentation/procedures comply with current legislation. The rotation will change approximately every 18-24 months depending on projects and workload. The post holder will collaborate with the other Operations Chief Technician to maximise pharmacy departmental resources. Overall the post holder will be responsible for the training, accreditation, management and safety of staff working in the unit, whether on a short term, or long term basis., The post holder is responsible for all aspects of the day to day delivery of the production service ensuring that the service complies with all current regulatory requirements within designated rotation. Operating within bounds of COSHH, Health and Safety, GMP, GCP and QA regulations. The two main production services are:

Sterile and Non Sterile Services

This rotation focuses on managing sterile services and non-sterile services. Sterile services encompass the manufacture of terminally sterilised batch products for internal use and supply to external customers. The Non-Sterile service comprises of compounding of the semisolids, oral liquids, powders, capsules, over labelling and prepacking of medicines.

This rotation focuses on managing Chemotherapy Services and Central Intravenous Additive Services (CIVAS). The Chemotherapy service primarily provides internal supply of cytotoxic medicines and clinical trials to the day case outpatient chemotherapy clinics. The team currently consists of approximately 10 members of staff with negative pressure isolators. The CIVA service consists of approximately 20 members of staff and focuses on the supply of medicines to external customers including homecare. The CIVA service has positive pressure isolators, automated technologies., Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free Hospitals and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.