Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Production Technician

The closing date is 06 August 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic technician to organise and supervise the day-to-day running of our Aseptic Production Unit at King's Mill Hospital.

Our aseptic service provides bespoke chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and parenteral nutrition to patients across Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

We are currently in the exciting process of purchasing a new modular aseptic suite, which is due to be installed later this year. This presents an excellent opportunity for you to contribute to its commissioning and validation, and to join us as we begin this new chapter.

The successful applicant must be a registered Pharmacy Technician or registered Science Manufacturing Technician, with proven experience and knowledge of working in an aseptic environment.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7318078

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Old Pharmacy Building

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please see attached job description and person specification documents

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of production technical practice to allow supervision to degree level within own area of work.
  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations.
  • Knowledge of dispensary procedures.
  • To allow supervision.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 and/or BTEC in pharmaceutical science.
  • Registered Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

  • GCE/GCSE Grade C in Maths and English Language.

Further Training

Desirable

  • Aseptic preparation and dispensing course or similar.
  • Validated to check volumes and drug additions
  • Validated aseptic technique
  • Intrathecal training

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial Sterile and non-sterile hospital production work experience.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Planning and organising skills.

Desirable

  • Other production experience.
  • IT skills including Pharmacy computer systems, Microsoft 'Word' and 'Excel' programs, Parenteral nutrition systems and production labelling systems.
  • Supervisory and training experience.

Contractural Requirements

Essential

  • Regular attendance
  • Participate in the weekend, bank holiday, extended hours and stand-by on call rotas.
  • No long-term infectious diseases or drug allergies precluding sterile/non-sterile production work.
  • Regular fire lectures and manual handling training.
  • Annual intrathecal training and on register for preparation of intrathecal injections.

Desirable

  • Car owner with current driving licence.
  • Telephone owner.
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of production technical practice to allow supervision to degree level within own area of work.
  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations.
  • Knowledge of dispensary procedures.
  • To allow supervision.

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 and/or BTEC in pharmaceutical science.
  • Registered Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Desirable

  • GCE/GCSE Grade C in Maths and English Language.

Further Training

Desirable

  • Aseptic preparation and dispensing course or similar.
  • Validated to check volumes and drug additions
  • Validated aseptic technique
  • Intrathecal training

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial Sterile and non-sterile hospital production work experience.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Planning and organising skills.

Desirable

  • Other production experience.
  • IT skills including Pharmacy computer systems, Microsoft 'Word' and 'Excel' programs, Parenteral nutrition systems and production labelling systems.
  • Supervisory and training experience.

Contractural Requirements

Essential

  • Regular attendance
  • Participate in the weekend, bank holiday, extended hours and stand-by on call rotas.
  • No long-term infectious diseases or drug allergies precluding sterile/non-sterile production work.
  • Regular fire lectures and manual handling training.
  • Annual intrathecal training and on register for preparation of intrathecal injections.

Desirable

  • Car owner with current driving licence.
  • Telephone owner.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Old Pharmacy Building

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Old Pharmacy Building

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Production Manager

Julie Binney

julie.binney@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7318078

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Old Pharmacy Building

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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