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Job summary

Main area
Radiopharmacy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Job share
18.75 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
225-EST-7179304
Employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Town
Wolverhampton
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/12/2025 23:59

Employer heading

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust logo

Senior Assistant Technical Officer

Band 3

 

 

Job overview

The Senior Assistant Technical Officer will carry out duties in a brand new state of the art Radiopharmacy. 

These duties will include environmental monitoring, waste management, maintaining stock levels, cleaning of isolators and clean rooms in accordance with trust policy and procedures.

The post holder will assist with the aseptic preparation and dispensing of sterile diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, including blood labelling. They will assist with the day to day running of the Radiopharmacy participating in a variety of technical and clerical tasks involved in production, quality control and distribution of the radiopharmceuticals

We have 2 part time positions 18.75 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

For a detailed description of the duties of the role please refer to the Job Description

  • To dispense aseptically prepared multi-dose vials of radiopharmaceuticals , under the supervision of Production Manager and/or Pharmacy Technicians
  • Support manufacturing activities including assemble of items, disinfection procedures
  • Complete routine laboratory work including cleaning, quality control testing
  • Maintaining records and have them available for review and inspection 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description for a detailed explanation of the role and the main duties required in the role.

 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good general education
  • GCSE Maths & English grade C
  • NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in hospital pharmacy setting
  • Previous experience in Aseptics/Radiopharmacy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerNursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards WinnerStep into health

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephanie Howells
Job title
Quality Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
019022 695526
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