Specialist Technician Technical Services

at  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include Liaise with other professionals including nurses and clinicians to provide a quality service. Co-ordinate the supply of Chemotherapy to the chemotherapy day unit ensuring products are supplied in a timely manner. Report to the unit manager any deviations from standard procedures and act upon any changes as required. Perform systems manager duties, ensuring the unit is within specification for manufacture, ensuring all staff are aware of any issues, this also includes capacity planning.
Report any deviations to senior staff Participate in the compounding of all aseptic preparations, including chemotherapy, clinical trials, radiopharmaceuticals, and intravenous additives within the aseptic unit using isolator technology. Maintain personal competencies to be able to check products manufactured within aseptic services. Complete worksheets, transcribing detailed information from chemocare prescriptions onto worksheets, carrying out of complex calculations. If required querying patient doses with Pharmacists to ensure accuracy in line with standard operating procedures Undertake transcription, calculation and reconciliation checks on manufacturing documents prior to the use of the document by any grade of staff Follow set Departmental Standard Operating Procedures and Policies as they always operate at the place of work.
Maintain accuracy and skills in dispensary service. Participate in the extra hours Rota, four hours worked in a week around bank holidays and the 6 monthly commissioning. Participate in the weekend and bank holiday Rota. Participate in early and late finishes.
Cross site working as necessary. Undertake any other duties that may be allocated by the Pharmacy Technical Services Manager

Please refer the Job description for details