# Senior Production Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-production-technician/2cc6a6e6-9f8b-4273-9630-a06d3ed64b2c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-production-technician/2cc6a6e6-9f8b-4273-9630-a06d3ed64b2c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 p.a. inc. HCA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours a week between the hours of 8am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday with a commitment to weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis. To participate in out-of-hours working in Pharmacy Aseptic Services) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T00:02:53.058Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Guys_St_Thomas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8176422 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8176422?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a suitably experienced pharmaceutical senior production technician to join our CIVAS aseptic preparation and dispensing team based at St. Thomas' Hospital. The candidate should be an enthusiastic team player who is able to demonstrate excellent organisational and training skills, effective communication, and has an excellent working  knowledge of GMP, cleanroom comportment and manufacturing experience of pharmaceuticals. Strong foundations in GMP practices, contamination control, preparing PQS documents such as deviations, change controls and CAPA documents, is required. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be responsible for: Supporting the Principal Pharmacy Technician (Aseptic Services) in the running of the St. Thomas' Hospital Pharmacy CIVAS unit and supervising the production operators in the clean room environment. - To ensure the safe, efficient and compliant manufacture of a range of pharmaceuticals under section 10 exemption of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. Ensure excellent GMP practices are maintained at all times. To train junior staff members in aseptic production practices. To supervise a cohort of pharmacy assistants and production technicians in both preparation and dispensing activities. To participate in the aseptic technical verification of  screened prescriptions in EPIC. To manage the workload in both cleanrooms and support areas . To ensure that effective usage of the raw materials is undertaken and minimise wastage. To ensure that daily physical monitoring is maintained. To act as team lead within the aseptic unit. - To ensure the safe, efficient and compliant manufacture of a range of pharmaceuticals under section 10 exemption of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. - Ensure excellent GMP practices are maintained at all times. - To train junior staff members in aseptic production practices. - To supervise a cohort of pharmacy assistants and production technicians in both preparation and dispensing activities. - To participate in the aseptic technical verification of  screened prescriptions in EPIC. - To manage the workload in both cleanrooms and support areas . - To ensure that effective usage of the raw materials is undertaken and minimise wastage. - To ensure that daily physical monitoring is maintained. - To act as team lead within the aseptic unit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As an overview, general duties include the following: - To participate and supervise all technical aspects of aseptic preparation and to ensure products are made to the highest quality, enforced by GMP and QA systems, and that they are fit for their intended use. - To act as a role model to staff working throughout the department. - To undertake any other reasonable duties as specified by the Principal Technician and senior team. - To assist in recruitment and selection of staff to the Trust’s CIVAS/PN unit and assist in recruitment to the pharmacy as a whole. - To be the responsible supervisor/critical checker within production areas and to undertake when required preparation and dispensing of raw materials and other products. For full details, refer to the JD provided. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to accurately undertake in-process critical checks - Good interpersonal, communication, written and oral skills - Good team member and team leadership skills - Good problem-solving abilities, able to work on own initiative - Ability to prioritise workload effectively **Desirable** - Demonstrable experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post-qualification experience in a GMP-compliant facility, preparing/manufacturing medicines for human use - Demonstrable understanding of the risks associated with aseptic preparation, particularly of hazardous drugs and how to identify/manage the risks - Specialist working knowledge of cleanroom and pharmaceutical isolator technologies - Supervisory and training delivery experience **Desirable** - Previous experience of recruitment and selection of staff ### Qualification and knowledge **Essential** - NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent) or equivalent plus professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC OR Completion of Science Manufacturing Technician Level 3 apprenticeship OR Academic qualification (at least BSc) related to medicines for human use plus substantial experience working in a GMP-compliant facility preparing/manufacturing medicines for human use **Desirable** - Pre and In Process Checking Accreditation (PIPC) - Product Approval Accreditation Programme (PAAP) ## Documents - [senior production technician jd (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479268) - [senior production technician ps (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479267) - [senior production technician frf (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10479260) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.