Job overview
The post holder will work alongside pharmacists and technical staff in the pharmacy section 10 production unit at the Denmark Hill site. The post holder will assist in the preparation and dispensing of aseptically produced products in isolators, as well as assisting with the daily monitoring and cleaning of isolators, and the monitoring of the clean room. The post holder will be expected to work to the principles of “Good Manufacturing Practice”.
The post holder must be flexible to working at other King’s College Hospital trust sites when required to fulfil the service needs of cross-site working.
All work will be carried out according to procedures and standards of professional practice in the Department; however, staff are expected to develop their own safe systems of work to ensure a high professional standard of work conducive to patient safety.
Main duties of the job
Policy and Process
To tidy, clean and disinfect the cleanrooms and equipment according to procedures as required. This may involve an early start. To assist with the monitoring of the environment in Aseptic services.
To participate in the monitoring and cleaning rota of the isolators following standard operating procedures. To comply with departmental Good manufacturing requirements of dress and hygiene relating to work in aseptic services.
To work at all times within the health and safety guidelines of the department. To follow at all times the standard operating procedures of the department. To undertake media and any other validation to ensure on going validation of aseptic competence. To prepare documentation and labels using the pharmacy computer system.
To undertake transfer disinfection into the aseptic unit and isolators according to procedures.
To sit or stand at isolators for long periods. To check volumes of other staff in the aseptic unit after an appropriate period of training and competence assessment.
To sit or stand at isolators for long periods.
To participate in the out-of-hours, weekend and Bank Holiday rotas in Pharmacy Aseptics.
Operational Performance
To assist and partake in the aseptic preparation of cytotoxic drugs, CIVAS products and PN to the patients of Kings College Hospital according to the Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice, Guidance on Aseptic dispensing for NHS Patients, Health and Safety at Work Act and departmental procedures.