Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant - Aseptic Services

Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Location: Prescot, L35 5DR

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476

Job type: Permanent

Posted: 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sector: Finance & Accounting

Job Description

Job summary

The post holder will be part of a team whose responsibility is to safely prepare, under the supervision of an Authorised Pharmacist, a wide range of complex aseptic products to a high quality and with a high level of accuracy, utilising appropriate techniques, carrying out all duties in compliance with Rules and Guidance for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and with departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs).

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change

Main duties of the job

Preparation of injectable medicines in a ready to administer form, including parenteral nutrition, cytotoxic agents, biologic agents, antibiotics, following GMP principles and SOPs.

Use of isolators, syringes, needles, etc.

Stock control and safe storage of medicines and consumables.

Assembly and checking of ingredients and consumables for products to be prepared.

Sanitisation of isolators, product ingredients and consumables.

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