# (**) Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Aseptics

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Broomfield Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Officer (discipline unspecified)
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: 0.4 WTE FTC 2 years, 2.88 WTE PERM
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T11:30:45.174Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Chelmsford/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_aseptics/Pharmacy_aseptics-v8323945
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8323945?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join our friendly team of pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists to help deliver safe, high-quality medicines to our patients in a timely manner.

After a period of structured training, you will become a key part of an established team. Once competent you will be given the opportunity to complete an NVQ level 2 as part of the role.

Working in clean rooms you will be trained to prepare medicines using isolators, calculate doses, assemble products and perform checks. You will assist all staff in maintaining the aseptic unit by performing critical tasks to ensure the cleanliness.

With the introduction of a new qualification currently being completed by some of our assistants, this is an exciting opportunity to start a rewarding career in technical services

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!

### Main duties of the job

To carry out all work following standard operating procedures.

Manufacture chemotherapy, clinical trials and other intravenous additives.

Assembly, labelling and accuracy checking of aseptic products.

Prepare and calculate worksheets, transcribing patient information and doses from chemocare.

Daily checks to be carried out reporting any out of specification results.

Complete environmental monitoring testing duties, e.g contact plates, weekly plates and isolator leak testing.

Stock management.

Maintaining all operator validations.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE or equivalent qualifications in Mathematics and English to entry level standards

**Desirable**

- NVQ level 2 pharmacy aseptics

### Attention to detail

**Essential**

- A well completed application with minimal errors

### Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience in a health care setting or a role that follows procedures

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of Aseptic dispensing

## Documents

- [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077)
- [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504)
- [band 3 sato aseptics (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10645884)
- [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947)
- [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943)
- [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979)
- [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880)

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