Job overview

Working closely with the Aseptics Services manager and Accountable Pharmacist for Aseptic services, you will be supporting the implementation, monitoring and review of the quality management system in ensuring the safe and timely provision of chemotherapy.

Main duties of the job

To support the development, delivery and evaluation of the Aseptics and Cancer Pharmacy Service
to ensure that the highest standards of service are continuously delivered to patients and
stakeholders
• To act as one of the Authorised Pharmacists to final release aseptically prepared chemotherapy
products for patient use – products prepared in the onsite aseptic unit, and outsourced products
• To deputise for the Lead Pharmacist Aseptics Services as required
• To assist in management of the Pharmacy Quality Management System (PQS) in Aseptics Services by
completing Complaints, Deviations, Change Controls, updating Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs)and GMP audits
• As part of the Aseptics service team, supporting to develop, deliver and evaluate the Trust’s cancer
services in line with the NHS Long Term Strategy for Cancer.
• To team-manage staff to ensure the effective operation of the services provided.
• To participate in any 7-day shift pattern as required by the service which may include weekend and
Bank Holiday rotas.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].