Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Aseptic Services
| Posting date: | 06 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,071 - £25,674 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 December 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 2QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6781893/180-B-244309 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our busy Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit. Do you have some experience of working in a sterile production unit either within the Healthcare Service or Commercial Sector and wish to broaden your experience, skills and knowledge then we have may have just the job for you!
We are looking for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to join our team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and Pharmacists to provide essential services for our patients to ensure they have the best treatment and outcome during their stay.
Pharmacy Aseptic Services provides a range of sterile medicinal products including Chemotherapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Clinical Trial medication and Eye Drops.
Our team is friendly and diverse and devoted to providing safe and timely products for our patients. Our services are an important part of a patient's journey and we take pride knowing that we are making a difference to the patient's health and recovery.
Team work is incredibly important and ensures that we achieve our goals together every day. We all support each other through effective communication and learning.
• Undertake all aspects of sterile production, including making the products, assembly of raw materials and sterile components.
• Generate appropriate documentation including worksheets and labels.
• Maintain appropriate environmental monitoring records.
• Supervision and In-Process checking of products in the Clean Room.
• Assist Technical Staff with day to day organization of workload.
• Assisting with specialist cleaning of the Clean Room facilities and equipment.
• Assist with stock management and ordering of materials and other administrative tasks.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 18th November 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd December 2024
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024
We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our busy Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit. Do you have some experience of working in a sterile production unit either within the Healthcare Service or Commercial Sector and wish to broaden your experience, skills and knowledge then we have may have just the job for you!
We are looking for a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to join our team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and Pharmacists to provide essential services for our patients to ensure they have the best treatment and outcome during their stay.
Pharmacy Aseptic Services provides a range of sterile medicinal products including Chemotherapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Clinical Trial medication and Eye Drops.
Our team is friendly and diverse and devoted to providing safe and timely products for our patients. Our services are an important part of a patient's journey and we take pride knowing that we are making a difference to the patient's health and recovery.
Team work is incredibly important and ensures that we achieve our goals together every day. We all support each other through effective communication and learning.
• Undertake all aspects of sterile production, including making the products, assembly of raw materials and sterile components.
• Generate appropriate documentation including worksheets and labels.
• Maintain appropriate environmental monitoring records.
• Supervision and In-Process checking of products in the Clean Room.
• Assist Technical Staff with day to day organization of workload.
• Assisting with specialist cleaning of the Clean Room facilities and equipment.
• Assist with stock management and ordering of materials and other administrative tasks.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 18th November 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd December 2024
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024