An exciting opportunity has arisen on Bank for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our dynamic, innovative, and friendly on site Clinical Pharmacy Team based in Sutton. This will provide you an opportunity to develop your leadership skills and gain invaluable management experience for a rewarding career.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the inpatient dispensary service provision and, in conjunction with the Day Unit Lead Pharmacist, delivering and further developing an efficient and accurate clinical pharmacy service to the Day Units. In addition, you will also participate in medicines reconciliation, supporting stock management, counselling patients and general dispensary duties, including dispensing and accuracy checking.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be organised, motivated, have excellent communication skills and be able to adapt quickly to new situations. Registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is essential as well as holding the ACPT accreditation and a nationally recognised medicines optimisation accreditation course.
- Ensure on-site service provisions of the pharmacy inpatient dispensary and day units are coordinated to a high standard and developed, according to the needs of the Trust.
- Monitor relevant key performance indicators accurately through audit and report on weekly/monthly basis e.g. workload turnaround times, error monitoring, workload figures.
- Be responsible for staff allocation in response to changing workload and service delivery requirements. Duties include ensuring that relevant rotas for on-site clinical service delivery are developed and adhered to e.g. day-to-day tasks, evening and weekend shifts are covered.
- To support other band 6 lead clinical pharmacy technicians on the operational delivery of the medicine’s optimisation services across clinical services, with the support of the team of clinical technicians.
- To support and drive the implementation of initiatives to improve patient experience related to medicines
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 details / informal visits contact: Name: Jonathan Whitehead Job title: Lead Pharmacist Oncology Email address: [email protected]
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