Higher Level Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Production

Job overview

To assist in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to customers and patients of East Cheshire NHS Trust through the provision of a safe, efficient and effective production service.

Hours per week: 30

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this varied job are:

• Picking and processing customer orders and assembling for courier delivery.
• Managing stocks of finished products and ensuring appropriate storage.
• Receiving pharmaceutical deliveries and entering onto quality control record sheet.
• Setting up batches, including label production and patient information leaflets.
• Packing and labelling batches of pharmaceutical products.
• Always ensuring compliance with MHRA good manufacturing practice.

Please note, this role requires a high level of manual handling and is physically demanding.  You must consider whether you will be suitable for this type of role before applying.

Please see attached job description for further details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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