(**) Aseptic Production Technician
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrustChelmsford, East of England
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust based in Chelmsford. The advertised salary is £28,392. Applications close on 23 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Exciting Opportunity in Pharmacy Technical Services - Join Our Team! Are you passionate about delivering safe, high-quality medicines to patients? We ...
Co-ordinate the supply of Chemotherapy to the Chemotherapy day unit ensuring products are supplied in a timely manner.
Provide information to nurses and doctors when required on patient doses and treatments.
Take an active part in monthly team meetings to maintain practice
Take part in a GMP training rota providing a training session for staff within the aseptic unit.
Participate in the compounding of all aseptic preparations.
Complete worksheets, transcribing detailed information from chemocare prescriptions onto worksheets, carrying out of complex calculations.
Undertake transcription, calculation and reconciliation checks on manufacturing documents prior to the use of the document by any grade of staff.
Ensure that all readings and limits are within range and that the unit is maintained and fit for operational use, reporting any deviations to a senior member of staff.
Assisting unit managers with the maintenance of documentation systems including updating and making changes to SOP's and other associated documents.
Action any quality alerts identifying the route cause using different forms of route cause analysis tools.
Assist in the management of stock and consumables and in liaison with the procurement team to help identify any discrepancies and act upon these.
In absence of the unit manager or lead technician manage the day to day activities of the unit.
Assist in the training of junior staff.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Essential: - NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC in pharmaceutical sciences SMT, Science degree or equivalent or currently completing the smt qualification
Essential: - Able to demonstrate experience and knowledge of working within an Aseptic environment post qualification.
Desirable: - Is able to provide evidence of training others
Essential: - A well completed application with minimal errors
Essential: - Registered with the GPhc or Science Council or in the process of completing smt
Essential: - Demonstrates a knowledge of GMP
How this role compares
We hold 893 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,959. This role pays less than about 76% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,295 of them in East of England.
You have 2 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has 133 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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