Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptics | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team of pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists to help deliver safe, high-quality medicines to our patients in a timely manner. After a period of structured training, you will become a key part of an established team. Once competent you will be given the opportunity to complete an NVQ level 2 as part of the role. Working in clean rooms you will be trained to prepare medicines using isolators, calculate doses, assemble products and perform checks. You will assist all staff in maintaining the aseptic unit by performing critical tasks to ensure the cleanliness. With the introduction of a new qualification currently being completed by some of our assistants, this is an exciting opportunity to start a rewarding career in technical services If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today! To carry out all work following standard operating procedures Manufacture chemotherapy, clinical trials and other intravenous additives Assembly, labelling and accuracy checking of aseptic products. Prepare and calculate worksheets, transcribing patient information and doses from chemocare. Daily checks to be carried out reporting any out of specification results. Complete environmental monitoring testing duties, e.g contact plates, weekly plates and isolator leak testing. Stock management Maintaining all operator validations. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include

• Carry out all work following standard operating procedures.
• Maintain competency in compounding, assembly, labelling and accuracy checking aseptic products.
• The compounding of all preparations dispensed within aseptic services.
• Prepare and calculate worksheets, transcribing patient information and doses from Chemocare.
• Co-ordinate the supply of Chemotherapy to the chemotherapy day unit ensuring products are supplied in a timely manner.
• Carry out all necessary pre work equipment and production checks notifying the unit manager of any faults or deviations.
• Complete environmental testing duties e.g. contacts plates, weekly plates and leak testing isolators.
• Inspect, label and final compound check batch stock items for release under the licence.
• Assisting unit managers with the maintenance of documentation systems including commenting and advising on changes to standard operating procedures and other associated documents.
• Ensure appropriate replenishment and ordering of consumables.
• Accurately receive goods into the pharmacy department
• Responsible for the rotation of stock, ensuring that short dated items are used first.
• Check stock levels of drugs and report to the supervisor any stock discrepancies and assists with the resolution of these.
• Responsible for entering data into the department's computer system, to produce labels and associated paper work for manufacturing documents.
• To train pharmacy staff in some of the duties outlined above.
• Assist with the training of pharmacy assistants and other less experienced staff.
• Maintain competencies within dispensaries and stores area of pharmacy.
• Participate as part of pharmacy aseptic team bank holidays rota and help support the service by providing assistance at weekends when required.
• Maintain broth and transfer validation.
• Complete in house training package for aseptic services.
• Undertake all mandatory training as required for role.