CYP Daycare and Outpatients Pharmacy Technician in Sutton

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.

Main duties of the job:

• 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.
• 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 required and 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Person specification:

• Education/Qualifications: Qualified Pharmacy Technician Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council, Practice Supervisor Course or equivalent.
• Experience: 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, experience of dealing with Children and Young People.
• Skills, Abilities & Knowledge: 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. Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively.

Other Requirements:

• Approachable, calm under pressure, maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Adaptable to change.
• Prepared to take responsibility and able to self-direct learning.
• Demonstrate initiative: proactive and self-motivated.
• Reliable with a good attendance record.
• Supportive of colleagues and other Trust staff to encourage best practice in relation to medicines.
• Able to work on all sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role.

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 utmost 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.