Senior Aseptic Services Technician

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Promotes team working within the Aseptic Services team.

Keeps team informed of changes throughout preparation sessions.

Is self-motivated and committed as a team leader, promoting staff development and supporting all levels of staff working in accordance with local SOPs and guidelines.

Ensures that essential information is communicated effectively to all aseptic staff, customers, MDT's and to other pharmacy staff in a timely manner.

Acts as a professional role model, develops positive relationships with key personnel both internally and externally to the department.

Keeps ASM, Deputy ASM, Chief Technician and Highly Specialised Technician up to date with changes which may affect capacity or cause delays in workload.

Liaises with wards and departments regularly to ensure patients treatments are provided in a timely manner when treatment is taken off hold. Gives achievable ETA to ward staff as when treatment will be ready to collect.

Is aware of alert and action limits for environmental monitoring and subsequent measures needed to rectify issues in line with SOPs and policies.

Performs accuracy checks on documentation, including worksheets and labels which may contain complex calculations.

Ensures the completion of all logs and records and informs Authorised Pharmacist, ASM, Deputy ASM, Chief Technician or Highly Specialised Technician of any results which either show significant changes or are outside the specified limits.

Performs in-process accuracy checks during cleanroom supervision sessions as required.

Reviews SOPs and worksheets and assist in implementation of any new/changed procedures.

Reviews training packages when required.

Is responsible for the planning of workload schedules, informing the Highly Specialised Technician of any discrepancies or issues as they arise.

Assists the Highly Specialised Technician in planning, organising and managing the workload in accordance with the capacity plan, ensuring adequate numbers of appropriately trained staff are available to perform tasks required for a given activity level and feeding back information to managers when breaches and constraints occur.

Ensures adherence to environmental monitoring schedules in accordance with departmental procedures.

Ensures that an efficient aseptic dispensing and distribution service is provided to patients and staff which is in line with current standards and conforms to agreed service deadlines within the service level.

Is responsible for ensuring Aseptic Services administrative duties are carried out appropriately by technical staff including the filing and archiving of information and data.

Complies with all legal requirements relating to the prescribing, dispensing and storage of pharmaceutical products and works to the relevant standard operating procedures at all times and in accordance with criteria set out under COSHH regulations.

Participates in the production of all types of aseptically prepared products demonstrating the necessary high standard of dexterity, accuracy and precision required for aseptic manipulations.

Long periods of concentration performing accuracy checks.

Maintains compliance with Rules and Guidance to Good Manufacturing Practice and any other local, regional and national guidance documents.

Assists with the maintaining Quality Assurance Standards in accordance with National, Regional and local requirements.

Participates in ensuring that the aseptic service complies with clinical governance strategies, including risk management assessments of working practices, reporting of clinical incidents, pharmacy error reporting schemes, intervention monitoring and risk reduction strategies.

Conducts regular documented GMP Observations, referring to Highly Specialised Technician, Chief Technician and ASM/Deputy ASM where non-compliance or deviation identified.

Is trained and named on the intrathecal register to undertake appropriate preparation and documentation tasks relating to intrathecal chemotherapy services following local, trust and national guidance for the safe administration of intrathecal chemotherapy.

It will be a requirement of the post holder to participate in the Aseptic On-Call preparation service for chemotherapy outside normal working hours on a rotational basis.

To participate in a Saturday/Sunday and Bank Holiday rota, when the service requires which may be on a regular/rota basis.

Undertakes any other duties of a similar nature requested by the ASM, Deputy ASM, or the Director of Pharmacy.

Assists in audits and produces written reports and provides statistical information with identified action.

Assists in the validation, performance reviews of equipment…