Job Description:
Aseptic Pharmacy Services Technician
Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
£36,300 plus benefits
Permanent
Fulltime, 37.5hrs a week
Monday to Friday
Shifts 9am-5:30pm
We make health happen
As a Clinician at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.
The Cromwell Hospital, our flagship private hospital in West London, delivers world-class inpatient and outpatient care. With 180 beds, 6 theatres, advanced intensive care units, paediatrics, diagnostics, physiotherapy, and private GP services - it's a centre of excellence for complex care and innovation.
Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.
The pharmacy service is open on Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 8pm and Saturday from 9:00am to 2.30pm
You'll help us make health happen by:
The Pharmacy Oncology Department is looking to recruit a highly motivated and dedicated Pharmacy Technician to support the delivery of exceptional hospital pharmacy aseptic services.
The successful candidate will join our committed and friendly team within the Satellite Oncology Pharmacy and Aseptic Unit, located on Level 2 at Cromwell Hospital. In this role, you will contribute to the preparation of systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) and associated cancer and non-cancer treatments for our patients.
A comprehensive in-house training programme will be provided, during which you will gain detailed knowledge of our cleanroom environment and the stringent procedures required to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and operational efficiency. You will work within our busy Aseptic Unit, operating under Section 10 of the Medicines Act 1968, ensuring compliance with all relevant protocols and regulatory requirements
What you'll do
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Work as a member of the oncology pharmacy aseptic production team in delivering a safe, effective and efficient SACT and non SACT aseptic dispensing service in accordance with the SOPs of the unit.
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Perform daily/weekly/monthly environmental monitoring in the aseptic unit.
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Undertake general ”housekeeping” duties and aseptic unit sanitisation to maintain a clean, tidy, and safe working environment on a daily/weekly and monthly basis.
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Assemble ingredients for items to be prepared according to worksheet and SOPs. Recording batch numbers and expiry dates, checking for any particle's discolouration or breakages.
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Produce labels and add charges for the medicines to be dispensed for patients.
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Conducting a sanitisation process on all drugs and equipment being passed into the cleanroom and critical work zones following departmental Standard Operating Procedures, using the specified sanitisation agents.
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Routinely compound SACT products including Monoclonal Antibodies & Cytotoxic drugs, requiring developed skills e.g. accurate manipulation, attention to detail, competence & precision whilst measuring and checking volumes and ingredients.
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Undertake environmental monitoring duties including monitoring and recording of temperatures and aseptic unit pressures to ensure products are manufactured within a suitable environment
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Stock control duties including unpacking, stock takes and ordering of medicinal products and consumables.
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Generate chemotherapy worksheets and labels according to prescription.
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Dispensing and labelling of pharmaceutical products for in-patient/day case and out-patients.
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To undertake and successfully complete in-house training programmes and associated competencies within a reasonable time frame.
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Compounding of components using negative pressure isolators and wearing all appropriate PPE.
What you'll bring:
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GSCEs in Science/Maths/English.
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BTEC / NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Science/ Pharmacy Skills/PTTP (or equivalent)
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Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPHC
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A minimum of 1-year hospital experience in an Aseptic service pharmacy technician role
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
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Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
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An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
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Annual performance-based bonus
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Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
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Various other benefits and online discounts
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Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
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Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [email protected]
If you would like more information on the role or require an alternative format, please contact [email protected]
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Clinical Services
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London
Referral programme, Cycle to work scheme, Private medical insurance, Free flu jabs, Employee mentoring programme, Financial planning services, Additional leave, Paid volunteer time, Private dental insurance, Gym membership, Company pension, Health & wellbeing programme
