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Main area
Pharmacy aseptics
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-WCCS-1495
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charing Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£27,948 - £29,468 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
02/08/2024

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Pharmacy Assistant: Aseptic Services

Band 3

 

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

 

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

 

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

 

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

 

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

Job overview

We are looking for a committed and hardworking Pharmacy aseptic compounding assistant to work in our aseptic unit.

Do you want to be part of a fantastic team making a real difference to people’s lives? Do you have a good working knowledge of aseptic services or are you willing to learn.

Our busy units make chemotherapy and other aseptic products to support patients across North West London and beyond. Through our support for numerous clinical trials, we also are at the cutting edge of developing treatments for the future.

In conjunction with our other team members you will ensure that the aseptic service provided to chemotherapy and Clinical Trial patients across the trust is to a high standard.  This will include compounding of chemotherapy and Clinical Trials in isolators and/or Laminar Air Flow cabinets.

The post is cross site and will be based at Hammersmith or Charing Cross site and will require the post holder to organise and participate in the preparation of chemotherapy, clinical trials and parenteral nutrition for adults.

If you share our high standards and positive attitude, we’d love to hear from you. We offer a fantastic NHS pay and benefits package, including inner London weighting and 27 days annual leave on start. We offer the chance to be part of a close team working in a friendly department in a prestigious hospital. On joining you will be offered a comprehensive induction programme and further opportunities to develop your career in the aseptics team.

Main duties of the job

  • To assist in the provision of a high quality aseptic pharmaceutical dispensing service to all users of the service
  • The unsupervised compounding of aseptic products such as cytotoxic chemotherapySpecial delivery systems and clinical trials
  • To work closely with the Quality Assurance Unit to ensure compliance with GMP and maintain standards
  • To undertake day to day housekeeping tasks and other basic duties.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.  

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews  please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good secondary education GCSEs, Math, English, Science Grades A-C
  • Literate and Numerate

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working within a pharmacy or lab setting.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of handling IV cytotoxics
  • Aseptic Compounding Experience

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good ability to organise and prioritise work
  • Able to work on own as well as part of a team
  • Good personal organisation and time management skills
  • Good attention to detail
  • Good communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Allison Oliver
Job title
Chief Technician Aseptic Services
Email address
[email protected]
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