Pharmacy ACT/ Science Manufacturing Technician - Aseptic Services

at  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The Aseptic Services Team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed pharmacy technician or science manufacturing technician to join our aseptic team, based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.
The candidate must have a keen interest in working within aseptic services and be able to work within a highly driven team. The candidate must have previous experience in aseptic services.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Technicians to assist in the daily running of the aseptic unit. They will participate in the manufacture of aseptically prepared medicines and will ensure that the unit meets EU GMP legislative requirements, delivering quality, patient focused and safe medicines to some of the most critically ill patients treated within the Health Board.
You must possess excellent communication and organisational skills, in order to provide an efficient and safe service for these patients in a busy environment.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Applicants must have a BTEC National Certificate/ NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Science Manufacturing Technician qualification or equivalent.

JOB SUMMARY:

To participate in the preparation of a range of aseptically manufactured products.
To act as an accredited checking technician (ACT) where appropriate
It is expected that this individual will develop the skills necessary to undertake the training and qualify as an NVQ assessor.
To dispense and issue a range of prescriptions, providing advice and information on medicines to patients, carers and nursing staff.
To ensure appropriate support is input into Logistics in relation to creating new item files, ordering and general stock management.
Support the pharmaceutical service and the medicines management agenda in the UHB.
Interpreting a range of information e.g. clinical knowledge of specialist use(s) of products, urgency of items, usage patterns and trends, delivery times, current stock holdings, supplier reliability etc.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

WE LIVE BY OUR CORE VALUES:

We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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