CYP Daycare and Outpatients Pharmacy TechnicianNHS
Job summary
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.
The Royal Marsden'sOak Centre for Children & Young People (CYP) is one of the largest comprehensive children and young people's cancer centres in Europe. We treat a range of paediatric and young adult cancers in patients from 1 to 24 years of age.
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
Rupal Evans - Lead Pharmacist CYP on 0208 642 6011 x 1122
Job description
- 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
- To carry out any other reasonable duty as requested.
- Receive prescriptions from in and outpatient areas from nurses, HCAs, 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 childrens 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.
About us
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.