Job Description
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust EKHUFT has an exciting opportunity for a challenging role to join the Aseptic Team as an Assistant Technical Officer. You will be part of a brilliant team working inside cleanrooms, making, dispensing and supporting the Aseptic Unit to provide chemotherapy to all of our Three Hospital Sites plus the mobile chemotherapy unit
- Dispense stock products using the JAC system.
- Assemble and prepare aseptic products under the supervision of technical staff.
- Take part in training future colleagues and Pre-Registration Pharmacists, using close supervision and good communication to ensure that the trainee has understood and carries out their duties according to procedures and GMP.
- Clean and monitor the isolators and cleanrooms according to procedures and to document any work undertaken.
- Undertake transfer disinfection of all items into the aseptic rooms and isolators according to local procedures and to maintain validations for this process.
- Will attend courses and undertake any training identified to develop expertise in aseptic skills, where training needs have been identified.
- To contribute to the quality development and service improvement of the unit by continuous review of processes.
- To unpack deliveries and participate in stock control and stock counting.
- Help manage workload according to patient priority.
- Pack up and distribute finished treatments to correct destinations following local SOP’s
- Answer the hatch and phone to visitors and other Health Care Staff.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.”
If you are considering applying for any vacancy with East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) please ensure you are comfortable being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our hospital.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability
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