Pharmacy Support Worker (Aseptic Services)

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC : Band 2 / 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekends and bank holidays, up to 1 in 4 via rota.) Job ref 190-0490-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Town Sheffield Salary £23,615 - £25,674 pa / pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 13 / 07 / 2025 23 : 59 Interview date 22 / 07 / 2025

Pharmacy Support Worker (Aseptic Services)

NHS AfC : Band 2 / 3

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, pharmacy support worker to join the technical services team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Currently housing 12 pharmaceutical isolators with another 3 due imminently within the cutting edge ATMP / clinical trial facility being developed within Weston Park, prospective candidates have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of technical services in a large teaching hospital environment.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services.

We provide nationally commissioned services and expertise in support of Early Phase Clinical Trials, and we are part of a leading national network for the development of cancer drugs of the future (Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre).

You will follow a structured internal competency based aseptic training program to enable you to assist with providing the highest standard of pharmaceutical service to our patients and ward staff. The successful candidate will commence employment on AFC Band 2 rising to a AFC Band 3 upon completion of ‘In house’ competencies and appropriate level 2 qualification approved by The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Main duties of the job

• To prepare documentation for batch medicinal products.
• To prepare trays according to the worksheet filling in relevant manufacturer, batch number and expiry date.
• To prepare, process and pack aseptically prepared medicinal products in accordance with approved worksheets and SOP’s.
• To process returned support medication on the JAC computer system.
• To undertake transfer disinfection of materials into and within the aseptic unit and the isolators.
• Visually inspect / volume accuracy check batches prepared in the aseptic unit to ensure they are free of particulate contamination and meet the required standards.
• To maintain adequate stocks both of drugs and disposables for the aseptic dispensing unit, sometimes in emergency situations – ordering using the computer system, checking stock levels against computer levels, stock rotation, and removal of any expired stock.

Please also note this vacancy is a training post so all applicants will start at Band 2 and upon completion of necessary skills and / or training will progress to Band 3

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience

Skills & Knowledge

Personal Qualities

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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