Technical Services Production Leader

Job summary

Have you got the enthusiasm and confidence to take up the challenge of this new exciting post in the Pharmacy Technical Services department, working closely with the Head of Pharmacy Production, Deputy and Chief Technician in the management of the day-to-day and strategic needs of Sterile and Non-Sterile Production services. This post is based at Ipswich Hospital but you may be required to work across Pharmacy Technical Services at both Colchester and Ipswich reinforcing harmonised practice.

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Working as part of the team within the Main Pharmacy department you will deliver a high quality, flexible and responsive service to internal and external customers, whilst developing efficiency savings and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the Head of Pharmacy Production and other senior staff in the management of the Pharmaceutical Quality System and be an advocate for quality improvement.

Lead individual projects for the advancement of Pharmacy Technical Services, and coordinate others to support where required.

To participate in the manufacture of sterile prepared and non-sterile products.

To support the recruitment, training and development of production staff, ensuring comprehensive training programmes are available and records are maintained.

To coordinate, maintain and promote an efficient and economic production service, providing a reactive service in response to changing circumstances.

Liaise with the team and senior managers, including those at Colchester Hospital, to report problems, share information and improve the working of the team. Discuss changes in practice required by policy and strategy review and the implications this will have on the team and on an individual basis. Share constructive ideas and respond to feedback for improving the service and suggest how these ideas may be taken forward.

To promote income generation by ensuring the manufacturing service responds in a timely and effective manner to customers both inside and external to the Trust.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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