Job summary
This exciting role is based at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, based in the heart of London's financial district near St Paul's. St Bartholomew's is renowned nationally and internationally for excellence in diagnosis, treatment and research of patients. We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research.
The Radiopharmacy Department at Barts Health are undergoing an exciting and innovative phase of exponential expansion. The postholder will work closely with all of the members of the Radiopharmacy team, the head of Radiopharmacy and regularly work in collaboration with Medical Physics, Nuclear Medicine and Pharmacy staff. The Radiopharmacy department forms part of the Nuclear Medicine department which relies on close working relationships between a number of different staff groups including scientists, pharmacy technicians, imaging technologists, physicists and clinicians.
Main duties of the job
We are a licensed Radiopharmacy unit supplying key radiopharmaceuticals to the Nuclear Medicine Imaging departments within our trust and to other hospital. Our service includes a range of activities from the aseptic preparation of radiopharmaceuticals and blood cell radioisotope labelling for the purposes of diagnostic imaging, batch manufacture, clinical trials, and quality control laboratory activities. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technician or scientist with experience in aseptic production to further develop their career in a world leading centre. The successful applicant will manage Radiopharmacy Production at St Bartholomew's Hospital providing a high quality, safe, efficient radiopharmaceuticals manufacturing, maintaining the supply chain to customers.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated senior production technician, who can work effectively in a team delivering safe and effective service to customers, in line with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and other relevant regulations. If you would like to work as part of this friendly team that is at the forefront of innovative Radiopharmacy delivery, and supports learning, development, and career progression too, then this is the job for you.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values & are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or -Diploma in Nuclear Medicine or -Scientific Degree
Registration
Desirable
- -Ideally registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) when operative, or -Registration as a Clinical Technologist in the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, or - Registered as Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Skills
Essential
- -Ability to use initiative and work independently
- -Ability to prioritise own work
- -Good organisational and time management skills
- -Quick learner
- -Interest and aptitude for technical processes
- -Good practical manipulative skills
- -Meets all general competencies and those identified under core duties
- -Ability to perform simple mathematical calculations
- -Ability to work as part of a small team
- -IT skills to include email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and accurate data entry.
- -Ability to train and teach others
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post qualification preparative services experience in pharmaceutical, aseptics or radiopharmaceutical production areas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or -Diploma in Nuclear Medicine or -Scientific Degree
Registration
Desirable
- -Ideally registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) when operative, or -Registration as a Clinical Technologist in the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, or - Registered as Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Skills
Essential
- -Ability to use initiative and work independently
- -Ability to prioritise own work
- -Good organisational and time management skills
- -Quick learner
- -Interest and aptitude for technical processes
- -Good practical manipulative skills
- -Meets all general competencies and those identified under core duties
- -Ability to perform simple mathematical calculations
- -Ability to work as part of a small team
- -IT skills to include email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and accurate data entry.
- -Ability to train and teach others
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post qualification preparative services experience in pharmaceutical, aseptics or radiopharmaceutical production areas
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
