Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR579-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Technical Services Production Leader
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Have you got the enthusiasm and confidence to take up the challenge of this new exciting post in the Pharmacy Technical Services department, working closely with the Head of Pharmacy Production, Deputy and Chief Technician in the management of the day–to-day and strategic needs of Sterile and Non-Sterile Production services. This post is based at Ipswich Hospital but you may be required to work across Pharmacy Technical Services at both Colchester and Ipswich reinforcing harmonised practice.
Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1
Working as part of the team within the Main Pharmacy department you will deliver a high quality, flexible and responsive service to internal and external customers, whilst developing efficiency savings and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the Head of Pharmacy Production and other senior staff in the management of the Pharmaceutical Quality System and be an advocate for quality improvement.
Lead individual projects for the advancement of Pharmacy Technical Services, and coordinate others to support where required.
To participate in the manufacture of sterile prepared and non-sterile products.
To support the recruitment, training and development of production staff, ensuring comprehensive training programmes are available and records are maintained.
To coordinate, maintain and promote an efficient and economic production service, providing a reactive service in response to changing circumstances.
Liaise with the team and senior managers, including those at Colchester Hospital, to report problems, share information and improve the working of the team. Discuss changes in practice required by policy and strategy review and the implications this will have on the team and on an individual basis. Share constructive ideas and respond to feedback for improving the service and suggest how these ideas may be taken forward.
To promote income generation by ensuring the manufacturing service responds in a timely and effective manner to customers both inside and external to the Trust.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC and/or NVQ level 3 in pharmacy services or BSc or equivalent in a scientific or related subject
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification relevant to technical practice or portfolio that demonstrates the acquisition and use of an equivalent level of specialist knowledge.
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Qualification
- Professional registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous evaluated experience of work within a pharmaceutical production unit.
- Previous experience of training/coaching/mentoring in a supervisory role.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience working in a managerial role.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated practical knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice, Quality Assurance, and their application to pharmaceutical manufacturing
Desirable criteria
- Electronic pharmacy/manufacturing systems
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Behnam Tabrizi
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Pharmacy Production
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 704066
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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