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Oncology Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Logistics | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2024 |
| Location: | Pembury, TN2 4QJ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6387100/359-6387100-T1 |
Summary
The Oncology Pharmacy Team benefits from a high profile within the Kent Oncology Centre and the Kent & Medway Cancer Collaborative. We are always striving to improve in order to meet the demands and challenges of an evolving service.
Our Aseptic Service Facilities are at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury (TWH) and is allowing us to maximise our capacity to deliver optimal care to all our patients.
An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic, highly motivated and resourceful person with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our proactive aseptic team.
Within this role you will be working closely with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants to provide Aseptic services to Oncology patients, including clinical trials.
This role includes
• Assist in the management of the delivery of products across the trust sites ensuring appropriate storage conditions are maintained.
• The maintenance of the aseptic unit including extensive cleaning on a sessional, daily and weekly basis. This is an integral part of ensuring the highly specialised unit meets GMP standards.
• Stock control of consumables and drugs used for the aseptic process.
The work will be varied and challenging, working to tight schedules to achieve targets and deadlines. You must have good manual dexterity and work accurately. The aseptic Department is an enclosed environment and has no patient contact.
No previous experience is necessary, as you will undertake a minimum of 6-12 months specialist training to develop the skills required.
As a pharmacy assistant you need to work towards an approved Qualification relevant to the job role, such as Level 2 Certificate in Pharmacy Services Skills and you should hold the required qualification and grades in Maths and English as set out in the job description.
If you are interested in applying for this post then an informal visit to the Aseptic Department is highly recommended to give you a clear understanding of what this role entails.
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atStandard level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jul 2024
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