Sutton - Lead Pharmacy Technician - InPatients and Day Units | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our dynamic, innovative, and friendly Clinical Pharmacy Team based at the Sutton Site. 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 in-patient dispensary service provision and delivering 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.
Please contact Tiffanie Gill 0208 642 6011 x 4048 if interested in the post.Ensure service provisions of the pharmacy in-patient 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 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 information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification- Responsible for leading, managing, and co-ordinating the clinical pharmacy team in the daily running of the in- patient dispensary and day units.
- Be an active member of the Clinical Services Team, participating in all operational activities as required.
- Ensure appropriate levels of staff are always available, in-line with agreed frameworks for leave.
- Meet daily operational commitments by maximising skill mix.
- Manage and prioritise own workload; be proactive and use initiative
- Work jointly withtheLead Pharmacy Technician – In-Patient Dispensary and Day Units at Chelsea to agree suitable deployment of staff to meet the needs of the hospital on a day-to-day- basis.
- Work jointly with lead Pharmacy Technician – Wards at Sutton to agree suitable deployment of staff to meet the needs of the hospital on a day-to-day basis.
- To work closely with the senior pharmacy team to ensure consistent and best practice across the Trust and develop business continuity and support arrangements as necessary.
- To work closely with the Outpatients Team (RM Medicines), Aseptic and Research & Development Team to ensure patients receive the highest standard of service deliverance.
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Jan 2025