Band 7 Operations Chief Technician - Pharmacy Production Services
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Barnet Hospital Pharmacy Production Unit operates under a section 10 license. It is responsible for the provision of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and Parenteral Nutrition (PN) to patients within the trust.
The post holder will ensure that production services are delivered in a safe, effective, economic and timely manner. The post holder will be responsible for the training and supervision of all Barnet Production Unit staff and ensure that all documentation and procedures comply with current legislation.Overall the post holder will be responsible for the training, accreditation, management and safety of staff working in the unit, whether on a short term, or long term basis.
Main duties of the job- To manage and be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day delivery of the production service at Barnet Hospital, ensuring that the service complies with all current regulatory requirements of Section 10 pharmacy aseptic preparation, and operating within the bounds of COSHH, Health and Safety, GMP, GCP and QA regulations.
- To develop and maintain all controlled documentation such as worksheets and standard operating procedures, in liaison with the Operational Lead Pharmacist and RFH Quality Assurance. To ensure that all relevant documentation is reviewed on a regular basis, updated as necessary and all out-of-date documentation is taken out of circulation.
- To ensure all quality exceptions and deviations from SOPs are reported to Quality Assurance via the EQMS quality management system, are appropriately documented and that resolution of problems are undertaken in a timely fashion.
- To ensure that all environmental monitoring is carried out at the required time and frequency, by appropriately trained staff.
- To ensure that the clean rooms are operating within specification prior to manufacture.
- The post-holder may need to work cross-site between Barnet and Hampstead sites and in future any other NHS hospitals that joins the Group Model. If in future the services are rationalised to one site then the post holder will be expected to work from that base.
Working for our organisation
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free Hospitals and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
The Pharmacy department is a friendly, progressive, and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this internationally renowned teaching hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria- Current registered pharmacy technician with GPhC or registered with relevant professional body.
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3, BTEC or relevant Pharmaceutical Science Degree (BSc, MSc) or equivalent.
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- Post graduate Diploma level qualification in Management studies or equivalent
- Willingness to undertake further training to advance skills and knowledge in preparation for development
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant and proven pharmaceutical manufacturing experience or relevant experience in a production unit.
- Experience of managing staff in a hospital environment.
- Proven competence of supervising staff and workload on a day to day basis
- Demonstrate evidence of project management, human resource management and service experience.
- Attending service group meetings .
- Knowledge of the pharmacy stock .
- Work within a licensed Hospital manufacturing unit
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of windows based systems and be capable of using all Microsoft offic
- Ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team.
- Ability to train and assess others
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, have a logical approach to problem solving and to form and maintain good working relationships.
- Willingness to participate in and promote effective team working (key to working on a rotational basis).
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
- Be focused on patient care and the efficient and effective service delivery
- Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex documents.
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
- Demonstrated knowledge of aspects of a GMP and QA system, including principles of validation
- Ability to manufacture a wide range of sterile, aseptic and non -sterile products
- Knowledge of how to use wide range of equipment for pharmaceutical production.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain quality standards.
- Good general understanding of GCP .
- Ability to critically appraise national initiatives in the profession and their influences on service delivery
- Covid-19 Vaccination
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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