Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician- Olyan Day Unit

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

2.1. To be responsible for completing the medicine reconciliation process and ordering of medicines as an accredited medicines optimisation pharmacy technician when necessary

2.2. To support and empower patients and carers with self-administration of medicines where possible

2.3. To support the management of the medication supply pathway including the efficient transfer of medicines between day units and wards.

2.4. Ensure patients receiving 'to take out' (TTO) medication are appropriately counselled by undertaking specific accreditations in order to carry out counselling for supportive and anti-cancer (SACT) medicines

2.5. To liaise with the clinical unit and pharmacy teams to resolve any technical queries or problems with patients, referring to pharmacist when required.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
• Medicines Optimisation qualification (HEE LaSE) or equivalent
• Must be willing to undertake the above qualifications

Desirable criteria

• Practice Supervisor Course or equivalent
• Must be willing to undertake the above qualifications

Experience

Desirable criteria

• Significant work experience (post qualification) in hospital pharmacy
• Awareness of training competency requirements for technical staff (Level 2 & 3)
• Experience in training and supervision of trainees
• Experience of final checking complex prescriptions e.g., oncology, paediatrics
• Experience of team leader or suitable management
• Working knowledge/experience of writing SOPs
• Oncology pharmacy experience

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

• Well-developed organisational, time management and planning skills; ability to organise workload and work as part of a team
• Good communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal)
• Quality-oriented; strives for continuous improvement.
• Ability to be supportive and demonstrate empathy in appropriate situations.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Computer literate
• 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.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• JDPS (PDF, 393.4KB)
• Job features form (PDF, 144.6KB)
• Royal Marsden Trust Values (PDF, 715.5KB)
• Workplace Wellbeing and Rewards Guide (PDF, 1.2MB)