Specialist Cleaner/ATO

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Specialist Cleaner/Assistant Technical Officer (ATO) to join our team. The successful candidate will be a strong team player who is keen to provide service support to our busy aseptic unit by maintaining our cleanroom standards and supporting store room activities.

The candidate will be required to work within a team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Cleanroom Supervisors, Quality Assurance specialists, Senior Assistant Technical Officers and other Assistant Technical Officers.

Good communication & interpersonal skills are required. You must be motivated, flexible, adaptable, and able to work well in a team. Previous specialist cleaning experience is not essential as full training will be given on employment.

Main duties of the job

Undertaking the specialist cleaning of the cleanroom areas, support areas and equipment, as defined by departmental standard operating procedures.

Supporting aseptic preparation activities include: daily record keeping; receipt, transfer, and storage of medicines, consumables and cleaning materials; delivery of products to wards; stock control; and maintenance of records.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Refer to Job Description and Person Specification.

All work undertaken in specialist aseptic clean room facilities is required to operate under strict regulatory rules. The guidelines covering the operation of these aseptic facilities mean that staff members with certain long term or recurrent medical or health conditions, such as gastrointestinal or skin conditions, can represent a risk of microbial contamination which therefore precludes access to the clean room. For candidates’ information, our Occupational Health team will carry out an assessment at the stage when conditional offers are made. The assessment will consider whether any candidate would not be able to work in an aseptic facility and/or whether any candidate would be able to work in an aseptic facility with any restrictions or reasonable adjustments.