Job summary
- Main area
- Radiopharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (06:30 - 14:30 Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 225-EST-7307531
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician - Radiopharmacy
Band 4
Job overview
The post holder will work in the Radiopharmacy section of the Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering and will prepare Radiopharmaceutical's for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
This is a very exciting time for the Radiopharmacy team as we are about to get hand over of a brand new state of the art Radiopharmacy aseptic facility.
The successful candidate main duties initially will be involved in performing the various quality control procedures required to enable the new facility to gain a Manufacturing Specials License granted by the MHRA.
Main Hours of Work are currently 06:30 to 14:30 Monday to Friday
Main duties of the job
Initially the main duties of the job will include
- Performing cleaning and process verification tests for the new Radiopharmacy along side the assistant technical officers.
- Aseptically preparing, labelling and performing quality control on and supplying radiopharmaceuticals and radio-labelled bloods
- Assisting with preparing and maintaining worksheets, SOPs, records and other documents
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
We are looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician who would welcome the challenge to join our friendly team in the Radiopharmacy.
This an exciting opportunity to be involved in the commissioning a brand new Radiopharmacy and to develop your career.
Previous experience of working in an aseptic environment would be advantageous although full training and support relevant to your level of experience will be given to the successful applicant.
Please see full job description
Person specification
Registered Pharmacy Technician
Essential criteria
- Evidence of registration with GHPC
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Howells
- Job title
- Quality Manager - Radiopharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 695526
- Additional information
The Main Hours of work are currently 06:30 until 14:30 Monday to Friday.
For any candidate interested in the post we are happy for you to visit and email any questions you may have.
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