This Lead Pharmacy Technician role runs the SACT Distribution Unit at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a cancer centre. The post centres on sourcing, storing, dispensing and delivering batch and patient-specific chemotherapy products, with stock, supplier and invoice work attached. It covers both Royal Marsden sites and the move to seven-day working, so weekend, late and bank holiday shifts are expected. GPhC registration and accredited checking status are required.
What the job involves
- Lead the daily running of the SACT Distribution Unit across both Royal Marsden sites
- Manage procurement, storage, dispensing and distribution of batch and patient-specific products
- Set staff rotas and skill mix to meet daily demand and leave frameworks
- Monitor KPIs, workload, turnaround times and wastage through audit and regular reporting
- Manage batch stock levels, PAR levels and supply issues, chasing orders and supplier performance
- Lead communication with outsourced suppliers and hold supply review meetings
- Oversee invoice processing and payment with procurement, stores and finance teams
- Manage staff through recruitment, appraisal, 1:1s, performance issues and sickness absence
- Oversee training, accreditation, induction and training records for SDU staff
- Maintain standard operating procedures, audit practice, and investigate errors and complaints
- Take part in the checking process as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
- Ensure doses reach the correct day unit or ward ahead of patient chair time
What’s required
Qualifications
- NVQ/QCF level 3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
- Regional Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Experience
- Significant post-qualification experience as a pharmacy technician
- Experience supervising others and giving feedback for development
- Experience of education and training of staff
- Experience of organising a service on a day-to-day basis
- Experience of holding regular team meetingsExperience of giving feedback and communicating outcomes to the wider team
Nice to have
- Practice supervisor or educational supervisor certificate, Train the Trainer or equivalent
- Staff management experience as a senior technician
- Working knowledge or experience of writing and reviewing SOPs
- Experience of implementing change
- Experience of recruitment
- Knowledge of the principles of Good Clinical Practice
- Knowledge of chemotherapy and safe handling of cytotoxic drugs
What’s offered
- A wide range of staff benefits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Clear career pathways
- Flexible working requests welcomed from point of hire
- Opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
