Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Cleanroom Supervisor to join the Pharmacy team in the Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Production Unit, City Campus, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).You will be joining a team of hardworking and dedicated professionals who formulate, prepare and aseptically compound medicines for our most vulnerable patients.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a high quality and responsive pharmacy aseptic preparative service is available for the Trust, its patients and staff and external customers.
The post holder will develop, motivate and lead this professional team to provide the pharmacy production unit with an efficient aseptic preparative service. This will include the responsibility to ensure the deployment of staff to meet the organisations requirements and will be expected to challenge the traditional boundaries of service delivery by introducing innovative change to develop a multi-skilled team of staff.
Potential candidates must have extensive experience within production services, along with in depth knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice to enable them to fulfil all elements of the job role.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification. This interesting and varied role will require you to process and manufacture a wide range of sterile medicines including chemotherapy and investigational medicinal products for clinical trial patients. The work will be varied and challenging, working to tight deadlines to achieve targets and respond to patient and customer needs. You should be able work under pressure, prioritise and organise workloads and be able to work alone or as part of a bigger team. We are looking for confident self-motivated individuals with excellent IT, communication, problem solving and decision making skills. You will need to be able to work unsupervised in all aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing, including: specialist aseptic dispensing, preparation of investigational medicinal products for clinical trial patients and work in specialised cleanroom environments using specialist equipment.
About us
With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please carefully read the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please carefully read the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To demonstrate they can be trained, gain new skills and work to set levels of competency
- Educated to GCSE Grade C/4 and above in English, Maths and Science (or equivalent)
- NVQ level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services or Pharmacy manufacturing or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC OR Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) with Science Council
- Aseptic dispensing course attended, e.g. Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a pharmacy Aseptic Unit.
- Ability to dispense aseptic products accurately following GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and SOP.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of GMP standards
- Knowledge of stock control systems
Desirable
- Experience in Aseptics and chemotherapy production
- Supervisory experience
- Auditing GMP compliance within a production environment
Communication
Essential
- Ability to communicate with tact and persuasiveness in a manner that will neither offend nor antagonise
- Able to influence and persuade others
- Professional and approachable when communicating within the team and service users
- Can work well on their own or as part of a team
Desirable
- Able to lead a team to reach a common goal
- Able to lead team and 1-1 meetings
- Respond to queries in a concise and timely manner
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to assess and minimise risk in production process
- Uses initiative to solve problems
- Flexible and adaptable
- Evaluates circumstances and situations and makes well-judged decisions
- Undertake duties to a high standard whilst working under pressure for sustained periods
Desirable
- Works within scope of responsibility and escalates when required
Planning and Organisation skills
Essential
- Proven skills in organising and supervising staff
- Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
- Ability to make adjustments to plans in the light of changing circumstances
- Manages their own time effectively to complete tasks
Desirable
- Organise and co-ordinate work and training of others
Physical Skills
Essential
- Manual dexterity to perform detailed technical tasks accurately
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods whilst maintaining good attention to detail
- Maintaining clean and hygienic work environments
- Able to lift trays containing up to 5L of IV fluids
- Good IT skills
- Able to stand and/or sit for prolonged periods depending on task
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility - will be required to participate in rostered, flexible shift working
- Able to participate in the Late Duty, Weekend and Bank Holiday Service, including 7-day working
- Be flexible to starting early and working late in response to service needs
- Must have the ability to wear appropriate PPE required for the role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- To demonstrate they can be trained, gain new skills and work to set levels of competency
- Educated to GCSE Grade C/4 and above in English, Maths and Science (or equivalent)
- NVQ level 2 in Pharmaceutical Services or Pharmacy manufacturing or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC OR Registered Science Technician (RSciTech) with Science Council
- Aseptic dispensing course attended, e.g. Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (Leeds University)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience in a pharmacy Aseptic Unit.
- Ability to dispense aseptic products accurately following GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and SOP.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of GMP standards
- Knowledge of stock control systems
Desirable
- Experience in Aseptics and chemotherapy production
- Supervisory experience
- Auditing GMP compliance within a production environment
Communication
Essential
- Ability to communicate with tact and persuasiveness in a manner that will neither offend nor antagonise
- Able to influence and persuade others
- Professional and approachable when communicating within the team and service users
- Can work well on their own or as part of a team
Desirable
- Able to lead a team to reach a common goal
- Able to lead team and 1-1 meetings
- Respond to queries in a concise and timely manner
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential
- Able to assess and minimise risk in production process
- Uses initiative to solve problems
- Flexible and adaptable
- Evaluates circumstances and situations and makes well-judged decisions
- Undertake duties to a high standard whilst working under pressure for sustained periods
Desirable
- Works within scope of responsibility and escalates when required
Planning and Organisation skills
Essential
- Proven skills in organising and supervising staff
- Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
- Ability to make adjustments to plans in the light of changing circumstances
- Manages their own time effectively to complete tasks
Desirable
- Organise and co-ordinate work and training of others
Physical Skills
Essential
- Manual dexterity to perform detailed technical tasks accurately
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods whilst maintaining good attention to detail
- Maintaining clean and hygienic work environments
- Able to lift trays containing up to 5L of IV fluids
- Good IT skills
- Able to stand and/or sit for prolonged periods depending on task
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexibility - will be required to participate in rostered, flexible shift working
- Able to participate in the Late Duty, Weekend and Bank Holiday Service, including 7-day working
- Be flexible to starting early and working late in response to service needs
- Must have the ability to wear appropriate PPE required for the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.