Aseptic Pharmacy Services Technician
Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
£36,300 plus benefits
Permanent
Fulltime, 37.5hrs a week
Monday to Friday
Shifts 9am-5:30pm
The pharmacy service is open on Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 8pm and Saturday from 9:00am to 2.30pm
What you’ll do
- Work as a member of the oncology pharmacy aseptic production team in delivering a safe, effective and efficient SACT and non-SACT aseptic dispensing service in accordance with the SOPs of the unit.
- Perform daily/weekly/monthly environmental monitoring in the aseptic unit.
- Undertake general housekeeping duties and aseptic unit sanitisation to maintain a clean, tidy, and safe working environment on a daily/weekly and monthly basis.
- Assemble ingredients for items to be prepared according to worksheet and SOPs. Recording batch numbers and expiry dates, checking for any particle’s discolouration or breakages.
- Produce labels and add charges for the medicines to be dispensed for patients.
- Conduct a sanitisation process on all drugs and equipment being passed into the cleanroom and critical work zones following departmental Standard Operating Procedures, using the specified sanitisation agents.
- Routinely compound SACT products including Monoclonal Antibodies & Cytotoxic drugs, requiring developed skills e.g. accurate manipulation, attention to detail, competence & precision whilst measuring and checking volumes and ingredients.
- Undertake environmental monitoring duties including monitoring and recording of temperatures and aseptic unit pressures to ensure products are manufactured within a suitable environment.
- Stock control duties including unpacking, stock takes and ordering of medicinal products and consumables.
- Generate chemotherapy worksheets and labels according to prescription.
- Dispense and label pharmaceutical products for in-patient/day case and out-patients.
- Undertake and successfully complete in-house training programmes and associated competencies within a reasonable time frame.
- Compound components using negative pressure isolators and wearing all appropriate PPE.
What you’ll bring
- GSCEs in Science/Maths/English.
- BTEC / NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Science/ Pharmacy Skills/PTTP (or equivalent)
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPHC
- A minimum of 1-year hospital experience in an Aseptic service pharmacy technician role
Benefits
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
- Various other benefits and online discounts
- Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
- Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
EEO Statement
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
If you would like more information on the role or require an alternative format, please contact serina.kapoor@bupa.com
Time Type: Full time
Job Area: Clinical Services
Locations: Cromwell Hospital London
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