• Job Description

  Req#: C9438-25-0172?language=en&page=615&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you good at practical tasks? Would you like a role in the NHS that prepares medicines for patients? Here we will fully train you to become Aseptic Unit Pharmacy Assistants where your rewarding role will be to prepare a range of injectable medicines.

  You will work as a member of a friendly, highly skilled team of people all working to deliver products that are consistently produced and controlled to a particular quality standard (Good Manufacturing Practice GMP).

  You will have good literacy and numeracy skills in addition to good dexterity to handle syringes and needles for accurate measurements of injections, working to procedures at all times. There are opportunities for further training and development.

  Pharmacy experience is not essential as full training for the role is provided

  You will be required to work some evenings and bank holidays on a rota.

  Main duties of the job

  The role will involve the preparation of a wide range of injectable products such as; chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, antibiotics. To do this requires the use of specialist equipment and working within clean rooms. Adhering to strict clothing and personal hygiene procedures is essential and you will have to meet the highest standards of discipline, attention to detail and clean room behaviours.

  There is also the opportunity to work in other areas such as Radio Isotopes, oral medicines preparation, re-packing and over-labelling of tablets and assembly of resuscitation boxes.

  Medicines are manufactured under the Trust's 'Specials' Licence granted by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Manufacturing units operate under the name of Preston Pharmaceuticals (PP), and include Non Sterile Medicines Manufacture, Radiopharmacy and Aseptic Services, and an Extemporaneous Dispensing Service.

  About us

  We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

  Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

  You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

  You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

  Date posted

  25 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 2

  Salary

  £24,169 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  438-PB2945

  Job locations

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Sharoe Green Lane

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties will include but not be limited to:

  • To communicate routine Information effectively; verbally, in writing and where appropriate using electronic formats, with colleagues and internal staff on the manufacture of sterile products.
  • Use technical and analytical skills to support several quality assurance aspects of the service.
  • You will be required to follow a work plan but also to work flexibly to support the changing priorities within the department on a day to day basis.
  • To operate Aseptic production, Radio Pharmacy and office equipment. Move and handle equipment and materials using agreed procedures
  • Contribute to error monitoring and will be required to document deviations via a non conformance form and errors via use of the Trust Datix incident reporting system in a timely manner
  • Following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) at all times the post holder will undertake a range of duties involved in the Aseptic manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including: Cleanroom gowning and cleaning (cleanrooms and equipment), labelling, measuring, calculating and compounding

  What this Opportunity means:

  • Full and extensive training
  • A friendly and safe working environment (See our Trust Values)
  • Staff support, Health and Wellbeing, occupational Health

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Duties will include but not be limited to:

  • To communicate routine Information effectively; verbally, in writing and where appropriate using electronic formats, with colleagues and internal staff on the manufacture of sterile products.
  • Use technical and analytical skills to support several quality assurance aspects of the service.
  • You will be required to follow a work plan but also to work flexibly to support the changing priorities within the department on a day to day basis.
  • To operate Aseptic production, Radio Pharmacy and office equipment. Move and handle equipment and materials using agreed procedures
  • Contribute to error monitoring and will be required to document deviations via a non conformance form and errors via use of the Trust Datix incident reporting system in a timely manner
  • Following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) at all times the post holder will undertake a range of duties involved in the Aseptic manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including: Cleanroom gowning and cleaning (cleanrooms and equipment), labelling, measuring, calculating and compounding

  What this Opportunity means:

  • Full and extensive training
  • A friendly and safe working environment (See our Trust Values)
  • Staff support, Health and Wellbeing, occupational Health

  Person Specification

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Awareness of Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
  • COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act.
  • Experience of following written instructions

  Desirable

  • Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or aseptic dispensing services.
  • Knowledge of clean room design and functioning
  • Use of Computer systems for data management and storage

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • GCSE minimum grade c in English and Maths or equivalent

  Desirable

  • NVQ 2 in pharmaceutical science or equivalent

  Person Specification

  Knowledge & Experience

  Essential

  • Awareness of Good Manufacturing and Laboratory Practice and the regulations surrounding Pharmaceutical Manufacture.
  • COSHH Regulations and Health & Safety at Work Act.
  • Experience of following written instructions

  Desirable

  • Experience of Pharmaceutical Manufacture in either a hospital or industrial environment or aseptic dispensing services.
  • Knowledge of clean room design and functioning
  • Use of Computer systems for data management and storage

  Qualifications & Education

  Essential

  • GCSE minimum grade c in English and Maths or equivalent

  Desirable

  • NVQ 2 in pharmaceutical science or equivalent

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Sharoe Green Lane

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Preston Hospital

  Sharoe Green Lane

  Preston

  PR2 9HT

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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