Deputy Lead Education & Training Technician – Aseptic Services

Job overview

The Aseptic Manufacturing Service involves the production of medicines such as Parenteral Nutrition (PN), Centralised Intravenous Additive Services (CIVAS), Cytotoxic agents and Clinical Trial Investigational Medicinal Products. We have a highly regarded Aseptic Production Unit (APU) at the Trust with a new Manufacturing site licensed in June 2023.

As a Deputy Lead Education & Training Technician in Aseptic Services, you will work closely with our Lead Education & Training Facilitator to deliver training programmes at site, ensure training compliance with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and facilitate externally led training courses to ensure a highly skilled and developing workforce.

You will facilitate theoretical and practical training across the aseptic manufacturing team. The post holder will be training new operators how to manufacture critical medicinal products for patient delivery, driving timely reassessments of our existing team members and training the team how to make new products in line with clinical demands and/ or using new automated equipment.

You will work closely with our Production and Operational Management team to facilitate the production activity on site, and you will work with the Quality Assurance team to ensure the quality and standard of training across the team.

Your input will be vital for workforce configuration & growth and ensuring the delivery of high quality and safe aseptically prepared products.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the running of an efficient and effective manufacturing service by contributing to the training of the aseptic team for the production and the distribution of sterile parenteral medicines.

The post holder will lead on the development and implementation of aseptic training for aseptic services staff using nationally recognised Level 2 and Level 3 frameworks and undertake the day-to-day line management and responsibility for aseptic staff undertaking such courses.

The post holder will engage with National leads (including Quality Assurance Leads) to help develop, establish and deliver taught courses that allow for workforce growth within Aseptic Services and support continuing professional development programs for all pharmacy staff involved in aseptic preparation and dispensing of medicines.

The post holder will support the delivery of education and training for pharmacy support staff, student pharmacy/ science technicians, qualified pharmacy/ science technicians and science graduates undertaking nationally recognised accredited courses, and actively seek to further develop the roles and skill mix of the team members.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With significant experience of training delivery within a GMP healthcare setting, the post holder will be capable of working under pressure, prioritising to deadlines and multi-tasking.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.