Production Assistant

Job summary

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Band 3 Pharmacy Production Assistant - Pharmacy Aseptic Services

37.5 Hours - Hours will be between 08:00 and 18:00 (Monday to Friday) and weekend cover will be on a rota basis

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join the team of assistants within our Aseptic Services Unit within our brand new facility here at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool. The post holders must have the ability to supervise, develop support services and implement change along with being responsible for the delivery of support activities to the aseptic service.

The successful applicants will carry out senior duties in the Chemotherapy Unit assisting with providing an expanding cytotoxic reconstitution service.

Are you good at motivating a team?

Do you like working in a busy department as a valued team member?

Do you have an eye for detail?

To hear about the exciting work we do from our dedicated Trust employees and departments, for a future you could be a part of, please visit our website.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Pharmacy Assistant with an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Practice (achieved or will work towards in post) and previous experience in Pharmacy Aseptic Services.

The post holders will be responsible for ensuring the raw materials are sent into the production units

Order, receive, rota and maintain all stocks within the department.

Compile documentation for quality control and quality assurance to adhere to licensing requirements of the department and within the trust.

Participate in volume checking of colleagues within the sterile chemotherapy unit.

Participate in parenteral chemotherapy dispensing as appropriate within the sterile chemotherapy unit.

Participate in and co-ordinate the storage of Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments at Hubs.

You will be a good team player, possess good people and organisational skills, be able to work alone as well as in a team, and able to work under pressure in this environment.

The successful candidate with be based in the Aseptic Department, rotating through aseptic dispensing of chemotherapy, assembly and checking of raw materials and acting as Internal Checker for other dispensers when appropriate.

If you want to be part of a fantastic team and help support the Trust with our vision for providing the best cancer care in the country, then we want to hear from you.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive