An excellent development opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to gain specialised oncology skills in a clinical role. This is a permanent post based on the Children’s Day Units at the Sutton site.
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 will integrate into our extremely well-developed ward based multidisciplinary team assisting in medication reconciliation, patient counselling and will facilitate discharges of children’s day-unit patients in a timely manner with the correct medication and advice.
Applicants must, be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council, hold or working towards a Medicine Optimisation qualification and the accredited checking pharmacy technician 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.
For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact
Tiffanie Gill – Chief Pharmacy Technician -Clinical Services on 0208 642 6011 x 4048
or
Rupal Evans – Lead Pharmacist CYP on 0208 642 6011 x 1122
• To develop, maintain and manage the safe, efficient, and cost-effective supply of medicines to patients on children’s day units and inpatient wards.
• To deliver quality care to patients at day unit level through efficient medicines optimisation by individual patient dispensing and patient/carers education on medicines.
• To support with clinical audits, data collection and implementation of developments to enhance the needs of the patient.
• To support the Lead Pharmacist for CYP with the delivery of any service developments associated with medicine optimisation pharmacy service to meet local and national requirements.
• To participate with the dispensing, final checking and issuing of medicines to deliver a safe service.
• To support with the daily operational management of the dispensary.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
• 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 when necessary.
• To support the implementation of self-administration by patients and/or carers where possible.
• To support the management of the medication supply pathway including the efficient transfer of medicines between day units and wards.
• Participate with patient counselling by undertaking specific accreditations in order to carry out counselling for oral chemotherapy.
• To liaise with ward and pharmacy staff to resolve any technical queries or problems with patients, referring to ward pharmacist when required.
• To liaise on drug related issues with primary healthcare professionals, as appropriate for patients being discharged from hospital.
• To participate in clinical audit and data collection including medicines safe & secure or other forms of research and development in collaboration with the sister/nurse in charge.
• To complete the wards/units quarterly Controlled Drugs (CDs) audit, including balance transfers to new CD registers and checking of CD register balance with the physical stock, reporting any discrepancies in a timely manner.
• To be involved in the training of new clinical pharmacy ward staff, pre-registration trainees, undergraduates, and peer reviews of existing medicine MMT’s.
• To support the patient medicine pathway by working closely with the pharmacy aseptic unit staff, stores and procurement, clinical trials and all other relevant pharmacy teams and act as a link between the day units and these pharmacy areas, ensuring that a seamless high-quality service is provided.
• To undergo practice/educational supervisor training programme to provide supervision for less experienced staff and trainees.
• To participate with all activities within the dispensary when required.
• To work as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) to undertake final accuracy checks on dispensed medicinal products.
• Assist in the directing, supervising, and coordinating of the daily running of the dispensary according to standard operating procedures when necessary.
• In conjunction with the Chief pharmacy technician – clinical services support with the review, development and implementation of operational procedures and policies.
• Participate in reviews of work methods and contribute to the development of new processes and systems to minimise risk, and to ensure that services are improved continuously.
• To actively report incidents/near misses, to mitigate future risks and when appropriate to support in the investigation of incidents, identify root cause and to establish plans to mitigate future risks, in a timely manner.
• Assist with the recruitment and selection of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants when required.
• To undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD)to ensure a high level of competency in carrying out the tasks requiredand when appropriate to facilitate the CPD of other pharmacy staff.
• To commit to flexible working patterns (late evenings, weekends & bank holidays) when required to meet the needs of the patients and service.
• To carry out any other reasonable duty as requested.
• Receive prescriptions from in and outpatient areas from nurses, HCA’s, etc, checking the email prescription inbox twice daily and actioning the requests communicating with the OCCYP Daycare pharmacist and CYP medical/ANP prescribers to ensure completion of requests in a timely fashion.
• Provide education and training for staff within the OCCYP Daycare and Outpatient services, to ensure appropriate counselling and knowledge of processes in the absence of pharmacy technician. Supporting the team by arranging education where needs identified in collaboration with the daycare pharmacist.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .