Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Ipswich, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Ipswich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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A vacancy has arisen for a Band 3 Senior Pharmacy Assistant, within the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Department.

You willprovide support and maintain Quality Assurance functions within main pharmacy in line with procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements.

You will also be expected to support the Pharmacy Quality Assurance team in ensuring that the regulatory requirements and standards set by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are met for the Manufacturing Specials, Clinical Trials and Wholesale dealing licenses held by the Trust.

To carry out Microbiological Environmental Monitoring when required in line with schedule and non routine monitoring when required for investigations/validation.

To assist in the testing of Microbiological/chemical/physical testing of samples i.e. water, raw materials, finished products, stability samples or new deliveries of media in accordance with approved specifications.

To assist in the Microbiological testing of samples provided by internal or external customers in accordance with supplied specifications or limits.

QA checking of batches, pre-packs, packaging components & consumables, control of unlicensed medicines, CD checks as applicable.

To carry out monitoring of required temperature controlled equipment/areas and pressure differentials, and associated probe calibration.

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.

We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.

Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

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

Use of computer systems to include Microsoft Excel, Word and other relevant laboratory/Quality Risk System software

To cover across both Ipswich and Colchester sites, when needed

Maintain the Trust mandatory and statutory competency.

Perform other duties as assigned.