Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprentice (Aseptic Services) - Band 2

Job summary

Pharmacy Services Assistant (Asepctic) Apprentice - Lincoln NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE? NO PROBLEM! If you enjoy science and are keen to help others, our Pharmacy Services Assistant role could be for you!

This new role provides individuals without any previous experience the opportunity to start their career within our Aseptic Services Team located at Boole Technology Centre in Lincoln.

NHS Pharmacy aseptic services in England provide sterile controlled environments for the preparation of injectable medicines for patients. They are an essential cornerstone of many critical NHS services. They make the chemotherapy that treats cancer patients, the intravenous feed that keeps very sick children and those with intestinal failure alive and the innovative medicines that target complex diseases.

As a Pharmacy Services Assistant Apprentice, you will embark on a 15month apprenticeship where you will receive on-the-job training for the role. You will assist the Pharmacists and Technicians in the delivery of an effective and safe Aseptic Service, carrying out tasks such as assisting with the aseptic dispensing of products and completion of paperwork, sanitising raw materials and equipment for use in clean room areas, labelling medication, and assisting with stock control.

Main duties of the job

Full training will be provided throughout the apprenticeship, enabling the post holder to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies required of the role. Duties will include the following:

1. To undertake all training and education as required of the post.
2. To maintain all the necessary competencies, including but are not limited to valid hand washing, gowning, transfer, dispensing, operator broth tests, in-process checking and cleaning validations.
3. To set up raw materials, consumables and equipment for all products in accordance with defined operating procedures.
4. To accurately and consistently assist/participate in the aseptic dispensing of products and completion of associated paperwork.
5. To label, package and distribute medication in accordance with defined operating procedures.
6. To assist in stock control, checks, ordering levels, and storage of medicines.
7. To assist in the ordering of patient specific and batch pre-prepared aseptic products.
8. To assist with accurate stock rotation, stock takes and expiry date checks are carried out.
9. To sanitise raw materials and equipment for use in clean room areas.
10. To assist with general housekeeping duties such a cleaning trays, stock checking and filing.
11. To maintain safe systems of work at all times.
12. To demonstrate good communication skills and practice good teamwork.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated