Lead Production Technician

NHS; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Lead Production Technician responsible for overseeing aseptic production and training staff. The ideal candidate is a registered Pharmacy Technician or Science Manufacturing Technician with experience in a hospital setting. You will ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice while leading teams and managing training. This role offers a salary of £46,419 to £55,046 per year inclusive of HCAS, along with professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician or Science Manufacturing Technician with post-qualification experience in aseptic manufacture.
• Previous experience in a team leader or operational management capacity in a hospital pharmacy sterile/production unit.

Responsibilities

• Assist and deputise for Chief Technicians in delivering Production Services.
• Lead teams across units and provide training to staff.

Skills

Expert knowledge and skills

Flexibility with length of working day

Effective customer service skills

Education

Registered Technician with the GPhC or Science Council

NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3

Job description

Lead Production Technician

The closing date is 25 January 2026

Do you enjoy aseptic work? Are you a well‑organised and practical person? Do you set yourself high standards? Do you like taking on responsibility?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Production Technician with these qualities, and a friendly, outgoing personality, to join the production team at UCH Hospitals. In return you will gain extensive experience and training in a unit which produces doses prepared under Section 10 exemption and under a Specials Manufacturing Licence.

You will need to be a Registered Pharmacy Technician or Science Manufacturing Technician with post‑qualification experience in aseptic manufacture in hospital pharmacy.

Our busy aseptic service compounds TPN for adults (8,000 pa), and neonates, dispenses chemo drugs (50,000 pa) and IV additives (12,000 pa), as well as being involved in our brand new advance therapy medicinal product (ATMPs) preparation pathways.

Main duties of the job

To assist and deputise for the Chief Technicians in the day-to-day delivery of Production Services from UCL Hospitals in accordance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice and nationally agreed standards. To assist in the aseptic training and assessment of new Technicians and Assistants and provide a high quality, safe service to our patients.

The role will include leading teams across our units at UCLH, training a variety of staff and being a guardian of GMP.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net‑zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net‑zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff.

*UCLH top trust to work at in England – In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff. To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered Technician with the GPhC or with the Science Council (RSciTech)
• NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, Science manufacturing technician (SMT) qualification or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of Beanie Guide and Orange Guide
• NVQ A1 workplace assessor award or Educational Supervisor trained, Practice Supervisor trained or working towards

Experience

• Previous experience of post‑qualification work as a team leader or operational management capacity in a hospital Pharmacy sterile/production unit.
• Demonstrated ability to manage audit and project work
• Demonstrated ability to write and implement SOPs
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non‑routine documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, and identify whole team solutions.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and maintain quality standards.
• Ability to manage change

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills
• Flexibility with length of working day to meet the needs of the service.
• Demonstrates a whole‑system patient‑focussed approach.
• Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
• Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures.
• Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice, and respects confidentiality.
• Demonstrates ability to co‑ordinate services to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures.
• Understanding and application of Health & Safety, Confidentiality and Equal Opportunities legislation

Communication

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.

Personal and People Development

• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop a team
• Previous experience of performance management
• Demonstrated experience of recruitment and selection of staff
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and review competency based training assessment
• Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
• Demonstrated ability to support CPD and Revalidation
• Commitment to maintaining own fitness to practice.
• Ability to mentor and develop support staff.
• Experience of conducting appraisals and developing Personal Development Plans
• Actively seeks innovative opportunities to meet training needs

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e‑learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health‑care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

• The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,419 to £55,046 a year inclusive of HCAS