Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant (XR03)

Pharmacy Aseptics is a truly unique environment to work in, with career progression at its heart.

We are a specialist branch of Pharmacy that works tirelessly behind the scenes, ensuring life changing and lifesaving medications and treatments are prepared, this particular role is pivotal to achieving this.

We are whole heartedly committed to continuing and nurturing the legacy of the NHS, by working together as a team to place patient care at the highest priority.

This position is a great opportunity to either start a career in Aseptics or develop further within this specialised discipline., You will be working across site, at each of our Aseptic Units (LGI and SJUH).

You will be working with a number of different professions, performing a variety of different tasks, whilst working to strict deadlines.

Overview of role:

Worksheet writing, labelling and costing of medicines.

Stock control (duties given to you by the Inventory Controllers).

Cleaning of the Aseptic suite.

Preparing CIVAs, Chemotherapy and Parenteral Nutrition using aseptic technique inside an isolator, whilst working in a clean room environment. This involves gowning up in sterile clean room clothing.

Preparation of the clean room environment, including the assembly of raw materials.

There will also be a requirement to help induct and train new members of staff once fully competent in the role.

You will ideally be ambitious, self motivated, committed, dynamic and have good practical skills, as this is a hands on role.

If these are qualities you possess, then we would love to hear from you.

As the successful candidate you must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as working within a team.

In return for your effort and commitment we will give you the opportunity to further develop your skills in a friendly and progressive department. The Pharmacy department is committed to on going development ensuring you can reach your full potential.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services with excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training.

Our vision as a Trust is to be the best for specialist and integrated care. This is underpinned by our values, The Leeds Way. The Leeds Way defines who we are, what we believe and how we will work together to deliver the best outcomes for our patients.

MMPS is nationally recognised as an exemplar service. The CSU responsibilities span the provision and use of medicines across all patient pathways. We offer a range of diverse opportunities to all our staff https://youtu.be/yxygQFQZcr0.

Our vision is Making it easy for people to get the most from their medicines and we are continually innovating to improve our services for patients and staff.