Senior Quality Assurance/Training Officer - Aseptic Services

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated technician, or scientist to join our friendly and dynamic team to provide high quality of Quality Assurance and Training within the aseptic services.

You will be part of an expanding team of highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focus service.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust strives to innovate and improve care to patients. The new Pharmacy Aseptic, Clinical Trials and Radiopharmacy facility is expected to be in operation late 2025.

The functions of the unit is the preparation of parental nutrition, cytotoxic, monoclonal antibodies and clinical trials in a safe and efficient manner according to Good Manufacturing Practice and National Standards.

Our aim is to provide our valued staff with excellent training including Quality Assurance to become skilled, highly competent, and confident in their job roles. We encourage innovative working which includes the development and future proofing of our facilities to meet the growing needs of the service. We promote learning and development within our organisation.

We welcome applicants from hospital and industry preferably with aseptic experience, but not essential as full training will be given.

Main duties of the job

A band 5 to 6 step up will be considered, successful candidates will be appointed at either Band 5 or Band 6 depending on experience and meeting essential criteria appropriate to grade Main duties of the job The post holder will:

Be an experienced qualified pharmacy professional or scientist, with a proven post qualification of QA and ASU experience.

Supervise the work of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical officers, trainee pharmacists, pharmacy students and Support staff.

Undertake routine QA processes

Provide Training and Education for Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers, trainee pharmacists, pharmacy students and Support staff.

To oversee the assessment of pharmacy staff undertaking other Pharmacy Competence programmes under the direction of QA Lead and Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials.

To perform staff appraisals under the direction of the QA Lead

To prepare risk assessments within the Aseptic Suite for grading and action by the QA Lead/ Chief Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials as appropriate

Working within Aseptic Services Unit once every two weeks to keep up operator competencies and support the Chief Pharmacy Technician Aseptic Services and Clinical Trials with training and staff development.

Cross site working within the Pharmacy departments of RWT & Walsall Healthcare Trust as required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.