Job overview
An excellent development opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to gain specialised oncology skills in a clinical role. This is a full-time post based at the Sutton site of Royal Marsden Hospital with cover at Kingston Unit as needed.
We are looking for a motivated pharmacy technician to join our diverse Clinical Pharmacy team to develop and deliver an advanced, patient-centred medicines optimisation service. You must have excellent communicational skills, the ability to work on your own as well as within a team and be highly motivated to deliver excellent patient care.
You will integrate into our extremely well-developed ward based multidisciplinary team assisting in medication reconciliation, TTO medicine supply, patient counselling and will facilitate discharges to ensure in-patients and day-unit patients are discharged in a timely manner with the correct medication and advice. Additional duties include the assessment of patients own drugs, audits, medication ordering, dispensing and checking of supplies.
There will be a requirement to participate in the Saturday service and Bank holiday service to ensure cost effective and efficient service is maintained throughout our patient’s stay.
Applicants must, be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council and be an Accredited checking pharmacy technician. You must be willing to obtain the Medicine optimisation course (HEE or equivalent) and practise supervisor qualification
Applicants are advised that because of the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date. Therefore, you are urged to submit your application as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
1.1. To develop, maintain and manage the safe, efficient, and cost-effective supply of medicines to patients on day units and inpatient wards.
1.2. To deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation by undertaking the assessment of patient’s own medication, medicines reconciliation, individual patient dispensing, discharge planning and patient education on medicines.
1.3. To support with clinical audits, data collection and implementation of developments to enhance the needs of the patient.
1.4. To support the Head of Clinical Services with the delivery of any service developments associated with medicine management pharmacy service to meet local and national requirements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
2.1. Work with the wards pharmacists in the provision of medicines optimisation initiatives according to departmental policies
2.2. To be responsible for completing the medicine reconciliation process, assessing Patients Own Drugs (POD’s), transcribing, and ordering of medicines as an accredited medicines optimisation pharmacy technician.
2.3. To support the implementation of self-administration by patients and/or carers where possible.
2.4. To support the management of the medication supply pathway including the efficient transfer of medicines between wards.
2.5. Participate with patient counselling by undertaking specific accreditations in order to carry out counselling for oral chemotherapy.
2.6. To liaise with ward and pharmacy staff to resolve any technical queries or problems with patients, referring to ward pharmacist when required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Qualified Pharmacy Technician Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
2. Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
3. Medicines Optimisation qualification (HEE LaSE) or equivalent
4. Must be willing to undertake the above qualifications
Desirable criteria
5. Practice Supervisor Course or equivalent
6. Must be willing to undertake the above qualifications
Experience
Desirable criteria
7. Significant work experience (post qualification) in hospital pharmacy
8. Awareness of training competency requirements for technical staff (Level 2 & 3)
9. Experience in training and supervision of trainees
10. Experience of final checking complex prescriptions e.g., oncology, paediatrics
11. Experience of team leader or suitable management
12. Working knowledge/experience of writing SOPs
13. Oncology pharmacy experience
Skills Abilities/knowledge
Essential criteria
14. Well-developed organisational, time management and planning skills; ability to organise workload and work as part of a team.
15. Good communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal)
16. Quality-oriented; strives for continuous improvement
17. Ability to be supportive and demonstrate empathy in appropriate situations.
18. Excellent customer service skills
19. Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively.
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.