Pharmacy Aseptic services Technician

Are you a registered Pharmacy or Science Manufacturing Technician or soon to be qualified? We have an exciting vacancy in our Aseptic Services Unit, and we'd love to have you join our dynamic team at Northampton General Hospital.
Whether you're newly qualified or bringing experience, you'll receive excellent training designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in our thriving NHS hospital setting. We're looking for candidates who are enthusiastic about the expanding role of Aseptic Services Technicians and eager to contribute to the ongoing development of our services.
As a Technician at NGH, you'll be an integral part of the Pharmacy Team developing Aseptic Services for the patients and staff of this Trust and other local healthcare providers, participating in the provision of aseptically prepared intravenous medicines using technical skills.
If you're positive, proactive, and ready to take your career to the next level, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow and thrive in a supportive and progressive environment., Assist in the provision of aseptically prepared pharmaceutical service.
In process checking to support the accurate provision of products.
Co-ordinate the day-to-day workload, complete weekly rotas, assigning tasks to manufacturing team, ensuring items are manufactured in a timely manner, dealing with queries and supporting colleagues.
Always follow good manufacturing practice (GMP) in line with MHRA and EU GMP regulatory guidelines as taught by internal and external sources.
Order, dispense, check and issue outsourced patient specific items, including parental nutrition.
Issue final checked and released manufactured items against authorised Chemocare prescriptions and validated prescriptions. ·, Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals., Assist in the provision of aseptically prepared pharmaceuticals (batches and patient specific). This will include the following tasks, all performed accurately and following SOPs:
Completes weekly rotas, assigning tasks to manufacturing team.
Co-ordinate the day-to-day workload, ensuring items are manufactured in a timely manner and colleagues are supported. This will involve regular communication with
clinics and external customers regarding issues with and progress on production on patients' treatment, allocation of workload to each member of the team, taking go-aheads and authorisations for treatment
Assist in dealing with queries and issues raised by clinics/ customers which may require coping with time constrained or challenging situations
Always follow good manufacturing practice (GMP) in line with MHRA and EU GMP regulatory guidelines as taught by internal and external sources.
Generate worksheets and labels, ensuring medicines are charged correctly using the pharmacy computer system.
In-process check worksheets and labels, ensuring medicines are charged correctly.
Assemble drugs, diluents, and consumables prior to aseptic dispensing.
Participate in 'in-process' checks of drugs, diluents, and consumables prior to aseptic dispensing.
Assist with decontamination of products from the support room & cleanroom prior to preparation (spraying and wiping).
Check /prepare the isolators are ready for use before each session.
Prepare chemotherapy (including IV/SC/IM Cytotoxic preparations) using appropriate equipment (such as isolators) and aseptic techniques.
Aseptically dispense injections and infusions within the appropriate work zone.
In-process volume check injections and infusions.
Final pack and label prepared items and pass them to the final checking stage.
Dispense batched products, including product selection, labelling and packaging, including parental nutrition.
Order and dispense outsourced patient specific items, including parental nutrition.
Provide advice to other clinical professionals on available parenteral nutrition and processes to ordering and dispensing.
Be registered as a named person on the Intrathecal Chemotherapy register, in order to complete the above tasks for Intrathecal drugs.
Final check dispensed parental nutrition or other aseptic items manufactured by external suppliers.
Issue final checked and released manufactured items against authorised Chemocare prescriptions and validated prescriptions.
Final check batched aseptic items & take these to QA for release.
Support less experienced staff and students by demonstrating/ explaining duties to aid their training and engagement
Only complete the above tasks if validations and competencies have been completed and authorised, and to keep all validations and competencies for the above tasks in date.