Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this position is Monday Friday 9am-5pm plus weekend working on a rota basis. 

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK and home to major specialist services such as renal medicine, transplantation and vascular surgery, with state-of-the-art Critical Care, Theatre and Diagnostic Services. The Royal Hospital for Children is adjoined to the adult hospital and has paediatric and neonatal services. This hospital provides a large number of specialist services to the West of Scotland and the wider population of Scotland, for some specialisms the childrens hospital is recognised as the sole provider in Scotland. This role is an exciting opportunity to become the Lead Technician for Production in an MHRA Specials licenced site. The Royal Hospital for Children aseptic facility is the only NHS hospital pharmacy in Scotland with an MHRA specials manufacturing licence. 

The post holder will:

• assume professional responsibility for the operational management of the production team
  
• ensuring adherence to principles of Good Manufacturing Practice,
  
• that scheduling and manufacture of unlicensed specials occurs in a safe and regulatory compliant environment.
  

You will provide specialist aseptic pharmaceutical production knowledge to ensure the safe, appropriate and cost effective provision of medicines and professional advice in line with current legislation and local and national policies. 

You should have:

• National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or
• equivalent scientific qualification at degree level.

Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC OR equivalent appropriate Professional registration and have several years post qualification experience within technical specialist practice and experience of staff management. Continuous professional development is encouraged and supported. This is an exciting time to join the pharmacy aseptic team at QEUH & RHC hospitals as we continue to develop new ways to provide our technical pharmacy services. If you are looking for your next challenging role in which to develop your knowledge and skills then this will provide an excellent opportunity, whilst providing you with the support, training and encouragement you need. Flexibility and good communication skills are essential as well as an ability to work as part of a team. The post holder will work 5 days Monday to Friday and will be required to participate in weekend working, Public Holiday working and out of hours on call service.

Informal contact: Andy Parker, Accountable Pharmacist, , andrew.parker2@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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