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Pharmacy Clean Room Supervisor
| Posting date: | 17 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25,147.00 to £27,596.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF14DG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9377-PHARM0119 |
Summary
. Key Responsibilities To supervise activities within the Cleanrooms. To act as the lead responsible for all preparation activities and staff conduct within the assigned area of supervision. Preparation of sterile medicinal products for specific patients in a laminar flow cabinet/isolator/non-sterile extemporaneous preparation area e.g., parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy and non-sterile suspensions, creams, and ointments. The above duties involve working in a controlled clean room environment and the preparation and checking of worksheets and labels on the appropriate software (i.e., Chemocare), accurate assembly of raw materials, dosage calculations, accurate measurements using balances, graduated measures, and syringes. These operations require a high degree of manual dexterity, and competencies will be continually assessed. Maintain competency to prepare aseptic preparations and to keep up to date with validation processes including the essential training and competencies required to be a named person on the Trusts Intrathecal Chemotherapy register. Organise and liaise with the transport department for delivery of medicines off site. To work within clearly defined accountability frameworks and boundaries of limitation. To perform a range of supervisory and accuracy checking functions within the Technical Services Aseptic Unit in order to provide an efficient and quality production service, including accuracy checking of batched assembly trays, in-process aseptic volume checks, in-process aseptic technique and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) supervision. To work alongside the Pharmacy Technicians (Higher Level) and exercising judgment in order to maintain a consistent workflow throughout the whole department by ensuring worksheets are prioritised in terms of appointment times, taking into consideration time-consuming products. The post holder will work directly with and will supervise others, in the handling of hazardous substances and will ensure safe systems of work are maintained as defined under statutory legislation, COSHH, Regional and National Cancer Standards, Controls Assurance and Professional Standards in their area of responsibility To work alongside the Quality Control (QC) team in the completion of process validations. To ensure all errors and deviations are reported to the appropriate manager in a timely manner, to identify and escalate SOP non-compliance through observation and to implement corrective actions when appropriate. Coordinate the team and supervise others in the completion of scheduled cleaning of pharmaceutical isolators, clean room suite and equipment. Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records of yourself, the facility and those under your supervision are made and that all communication is maintained in relation to product quality and GMP adhering to local and national guidance. Use own initiative on routine decisions for yourself and those under your supervision on a day-to-day basis to ensure a safe, efficient, and timely service. Ensure the appropriate working environment is maintained for the areas of supervision. This involves daily checks that the appropriate cleaning and environmental monitoring has been completed. Please refer to attached job description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities.