Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Pharmacy Aseptic Services


Company:	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Canterbury, CT1 3NG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	8 Oct 2026
Closing date:	7 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust EKHUFT has an exciting opportunity for a challenging role to join the Aseptic Team as a Senior Assistant Technical Officer. You will be part of a brilliant team working inside cleanrooms, making, dispensing and supporting the Aseptic Unit to provide chemotherapy to all of our Three Hospital Sites plus the mobile chemotherapy unit.

Dispense stock products using the CMM system.

Work the Patient Tracker List (PTL) organising workloads, communicating with pharmacists regarding prescriptions not received by deadlines.

Assemble and prepare aseptic products under the supervision of technical staff.

Directly supervise Assistant Technical Officers preparing medicines.

Take part in training future colleagues.

Clean and monitor the isolators and cleanrooms according to procedures and to document any work undertaken.

Undertake all required validations.

To contribute to the quality development and service improvement of the unit by continuous review of processes.

To unpack deliveries and participate in stock control and stock counting.

Help manage workload according to patient priority.

Maintain a wide range documentation.

Pack up and distribute finished treatments to correct destinations following local SOP’s.

Answer the hatch and phone to visitors and other Health Care Staff.

Attend required training courses.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Oct 2026

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