Senior Technician QA/QC

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Job overview

Are you keen to develop your technical knowledge as well as your quality and leadership skills in an acute hospital setting? Why not come and join our friendly, supportive aseptic team.

At Salisbury we are committed to developing our team members as well as our services. Some experience and knowledge of Aseptic Services is required however both in-house and externally recognised training will be given to the successful candidate. You will be supported by a range of experienced technical and clinical pharmacy team members to develop your professional knowledge and skills.

For a taste of what it is like to work within our team at Salisbury please visit: https://youtu.be/cV9rjQwR1j0

Main duties of the job

To assist the Lead QA technician and the Aseptic Services accountable pharmacist to develop the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) for Aseptic Services including but not limited to document control systems, deviation management and quality review.

To carry out Quality control (QC) for all imported or outsourced products compounded by Specials Manufacturing Aseptic Unit external to the Trust.

To work within defined standard operating procedures where work is managed rather than supervised by the Lead QA technician or the Aseptic Services accountable pharmacist.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science (or equivalent Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard for Science Manufacturing Technician)
• Registered as a Pharmaceutical Technician with a professional body (such as GPhC or equivalent recognised by the Science Council)

Desirable criteria

• Recognised Accredited Aseptic Technician Checking Qualification for Pre and In-process Checking and Final Product Approval and Release (Accreditation will be provided as part of post if not already achieved).
• Accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACT) or equivalent qualification.
• Completion of external accredited course in Technical Services, Quality Assurance or relevant area.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 2 years relevant post qualification experience including hospital pharmacy.
• Experience at any grade in aseptic services or dispensary.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in aspects of quality assurance relevant to the post
• Experience training staff.

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior Technician QA/QC Pharmacy (PDF, 472.6KB)
• Senior QA/QC Technician Pharmacy (PDF, 472.6KB)
• Facts about Salisbury (PDF, 214.5KB)