SACT E-Prescribing Support Technician

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Southampton is looking for a part-time SACT E-Prescribing Support Technician to join their oncology pharmacy team. The role involves providing ongoing support for e-prescribing systems, maintaining training resources, managing chemotherapy protocols, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates should be registered with GPhC and have significant experience with pharmacy IT systems. A focus on communication and management skills is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience managing pharmacy systems and staff.
• Understanding of pharmacy services and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support for the e-prescribing system.
• Update and maintain online training resources.
• Manage entry of chemotherapy protocols onto the system.
• Liaise with trial sponsors and clinicians.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance with guidelines.

Skills

Pharmacy IT systems

Management

Budget & Financial management

Communication skills

Education

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC

NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical science

Management qualification (intermediate level)

Relevant pharmacy or research qualifications

Job description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

SACT E-Prescribing Support Technician

The closing date is 13 January 2026

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint a pharmacy technician with an interest in cancer services and an understanding of the positive impact electronic scheduling and prescribing systems can deliver to patient care.

This post is based in the oncology pharmacy, which serves the Southampton Oncology Centre. We are one of the largest oncology centres in the country with medical and clinical oncology specialities as well as a large haematology service, encompassing the Wessex Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMT), as well as a Teenage and Young Adult unit and regional paediatric cancer service.

In 2021 oncology pharmacy re-located into a purpose built unit that we designed. We have been at the forefront of developing new roles for staff. We continually strive to implement changes to improve the working environment and service delivery. For example, our bespoke manufacturing system Medcura. Our SACT prescribing system is one of the few in the country to be networked across six Trusts.

About us

University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.

Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.

At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.

At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti‑racist, anti‑discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work with the system manager for the e‑prescribing system and provide on‑going support and advice to system users relating to its clinical, administrative and management functions as well as maintaining the protocol website ensuring all documents are up to date and that document control is in place.

You will advise, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills, and experience, on reconfiguration of the system and services in response to the requirements of end users at the current time.

Through a variety of meetings and committees you will ensure that knowledge and expertise is shared throughout the local community, and that wheels are not constantly being re‑invented, nor the system left vulnerable to future changes in staffing or services.

You will be responsible for updating and expanding online training resources so that they continue to meet the needs of the service and provide personal training when necessary.

To develop and maintain a system on validation and accreditation of individuals using the system including allocating appropriate levels of passwords to all staff groups and individual users.

In collaboration with the Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Care and the Lead SACT e‑prescribing technician assist with the strategic development of the system designing, enhancing and testing appropriate fields and implement modifications and enhancements in collaboration with providers and users. This will include system upgrades when required.

A key role will be to identify, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills and experience highly complex clinical trials which require regimen development.

To liaise with trial sponsors, clinicians and trial staff, as required, ensuring regimens follow standard practice/protocol. This will encompass the allocation of work to pharmacists and clinicians for verification.

In addition you will work alongside clinical trial teams to identify, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills and experience highly complex clinical trial protocol amendments which require regimen amendments. This will encompass the allocation of work to pharmacists and clinicians for verification.

Manage entry and verification of all approved chemotherapy protocols onto the network wide electronic prescribing system. This will include current clinical trials where appropriate.

Develop and maintain a failsafe system for chemotherapy prescribing to be employed in the event of a breakdown of the electronic prescribing system.

Manage system failures liaising with the hub hosts and software providers as well as the local Trusts to rectify and implement solution in response to system downtime.

Ensure data integrity and systems are managed in accordance with Caldicott and data protection act guidelines.

Person Specification

Trust Values

• Always Improving
• Working Together

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Management qualification equivalent to at least intermediate management level
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical science and equivalent level of in-depth specialist organisational and procedural, knowledge of pharmacy services
• Can demonstrate understanding of current professional regulations and issues
• Extensive experience of pharmacy IT systems
• Experience of managing staff and/or services
• Other relevant pharmacy or research qualifications e.g., ACPT, PIPC, Medicines Management as essential
• Budget & Financial management experience
• Experience of designing and implementing an audit
• Experience of writing for publication

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working