Oncology Pharmacy Technician — Clinical Specialist

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our Clinical Pharmacy team and develop specialist skills within oncology. The post is based primarily at the Sutton site, with cross-site working at Kingston Unit as required.

You will support medicines optimisation, participate in a 7-day pharmacy service rota, and deliver patient-centred care in an inpatient and day-unit setting alongside pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Medicines reconciliation and accurate medication histories
• Managing patients' own medicines
• Discharge medicines (TTO) affairs and timely supply
• Counselling and medicines information for patients
• Support discharge pathways and minimise delays
• Order medicines and ensure continuity of supply
• Dispensing and accuracy checking
• Audit, quality improvement and service development
• Collaborate with pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams to promote safe medicine use

Responsibilities

• Undertaking medicines reconciliation and obtaining accurate medication histories
• Assessing and managing patients' own drugs
• Supporting the timely supply of medicines, including discharge (TTO) medication
• Counselling patients and providing appropriate medicines-related information and advice
• Supporting discharge pathways and helping to minimise medicines-related delays
• Ordering medicines and ensuring continuity of medication supply
• Dispensing and accuracy checking prescriptions and medication supplies
• Participating in audits, quality improvement and service development initiatives
• Working collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to promote the safe and effective use of medicines

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Medicines optimisation

Oncology

Team collaboration

Education

Pharmacy Technician qualification

Job description

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our Clinical Pharmacy team and develop specialist skills within oncology. The post is based primarily at the Sutton site, with cross-site working at Kingston Unit as required.

You will support medicines optimisation, participate in a 7-day pharmacy service rota, and deliver patient-centred care in an inpatient and day-unit setting alongside pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.