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Job overview

*12 month fixed term position*

Service Delivery Responsibilities

• To work within technical services and deputise for Senior Pharmacy Technicians or Lead Pharmacy Technicians when asked to do so.
• To become proficient in working in technical services so that they are able to train other colleagues when working in these areas.

Main duties of the job

Aseptic (Technical Services) Unit

To work under the direction of the Lead Pharmacist (Technical Services) and Lead  Pharmacy Technician (Technical Services) following the Technical Services Standard Operating Procedure Manual and including the following duties:

• Preparation of non-sterile and sterile preparations following approved protocols, including the preparation of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy, Parenteral Nutrition and Monoclonal Antibodies.
• Production of batch sheets for individual patients to enable production of treatments.
• Maintenance of personal aseptic validation.
• Undergoing personal training and re-assessment as directed in the Technical Services training procedure.
• Completion and filing of all relevant documentation.
• Use of computer systems to provide audit and financial information.
• Assistance with the training of new staff and students.
• Act as a role model to less experienced and junior staff.
• Maintain adequate stock to allow preparation of products.
• Liaise with service users to enable smooth running of patient treatment.
• Complete all competencies including in process checking.
• Maintain updated Safety Sheets on an annual basis.
• Plan and coordinate support staff to ensure cleans are completed
• Supports Lead ATO in supervising the support staff within the unit

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.