Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clean Room Supervisor

We have an opportunity for you to join our busy Pharmacy Sterile Production Unit. Do you have experience of working in a sterile production unit either within the NHS 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 – Clean Room Supervisor 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.

Assist the technician team with the day-to-day supervision and co-ordination of aseptic preparation and dispensing activities within clean rooms

Generate worksheets, labels, assemble, prepare and dispense aseptic medicines to patients and clinics, including clinical trials. Maintains correct documentation and audit trails.

Responsible for the safe use of equipment within clean rooms, ensuring clean room staff use equipment in accordance with instructions and SOPs

Ensures that all required recording and monitoring of clean room environments and equipment are carried out before and after work sessions. Reports equipment faults and deviations to senior supervisors and managers.

Is responsible for the in-process checking of measured dose units in the preparation of parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic medicines and clinical trials; and is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and quality of these prepared medicinal products.

 Ensures all statutory legislation and established quality systems relating to departmental policies and procedures are complied with on a day-to-day basis.

Assists in staff training and development.

Contributes to the development of new ways of working and to the implementation of new and revised policies and procedures.

• HNC or BTEC in Applied Science or Food Science & Technology (or equivalent)
• Or training and experience to an equivalent level
• In Pharmacy Services (Hospital, Industry) or equivalent e.g. in Food or other Processing Industry, Healthcare Sciences or Medical Laboratory work
• Supervision of staff and work activities
• Planning and organising of workloads, allocation of work to staff
• Checking materials, weights, volumes and measures
• Understanding of a wide range of work procedures and practices, requiring use of good theoretical knowledge gained from experience
• The application of Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Systems
• Health and Safety in the Workplace
• Maintaining clean and hygienic work environments
• Good Manufacturing Practise (GMP), or Distribution Practices
• Knowledge of stock control systems
• Proven skills in organising and supervising staff
• Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
• Ability to adjust plans in the light of changing circumstances
• Evaluates circumstances and situations and makes well-judged decisions, knowing when to refer
• Uses initiative to solve problems
• Ability to communicate with tact and persuasiveness in a manner that will neither offend nor antagonise
• Good numeric and written skills
• Good dexterity, able to work accurately and manipulate syringes and needles
• Good basic computer skills

• NVQ 2/3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
• NHS Experience
• Aseptic dispensing and preparation
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Contamination Control Systems.