Pharmacy Assistant - Aseptic Service - Maternity Cover

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

The Aseptic Service manufactures medicines in specialised clean room environments for patients across Cwm Taf UHB and beyond. The items manufactured include chemotherapy, intravenous feeds for adults and premature babies and other intravenous therapies.

There will be a need for stock levels to be reviewed regularly to ensure required products are ordered.

You must possess excellent communication and organisational skills in order to provide an efficient and safe pharmacy service for patients and the running of the service in a busy environment.

The candidate will require (or be in a position to undertake) the NVQ level 2 Units relating to Aseptic Services (or to have recent knowledge and practice of aseptic processes, documentation, computer systems and be able to complete) the NVQ Pharmacy Manufacturing Modules.

This post is fixed term for 12 months to cover maternity leave

Main duties of the job

The post holder will :

Provide support to the Pharmacy technicians and Pharmacists by the assembly and manufacture of specific aseptically prepared items including chemotherapy.

Responsible for monitoring aseptic service stock levels and ensuring required products are ordered. Practice to the regulatory principles set out in EU Good Manufacturing Practice, following all Standard Operating Procedures.

Contribute to the overall operation of the Aseptic Unit.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

• NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills/Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Equivalent or able to undertake
• Knowledge of stock management.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills including; calculations, percentages, decimal, fractions.
• Able to undertake additional NVQ modules in Pharmacy Manufacturing.

• GCSE Maths and English Language to Grade C or above.
• ECDL or equivalent.
• Current knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice.
• Basic knowledge of the functions of the NHS

Experience

• Working experience in Pharmacy, healthcare, manufacturing or laboratory, or scientific environment

• Working experience in a hospital Pharmacy Aseptic Unit.
• Work in an environment in which hygiene is important.

Aptitude, Abilities and Skills

• Practical ability.
• Ability to conduct fine aseptic manipulations in the manufacture of aseptic products.
• Attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic IT skills (e.g. accurate data input).
• Able to undertake simple arithmetical calculations without a calculator.
• Motivated.

• The ability to speak or learn Welsh to a satisfactory level.

Personal Qualities

• Able to work in a team.
• Able to work alone in a clean room environment.

Circumstances

• Able to undertake the duties of the role.

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.