Specialist Pharmacy Technician

Nuffield Health Careers; Brighton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician with post-qualification oncology/haemato-oncology experience to join our dedicated team. You’ll work with the oncology pharmacist to support clinical services, reconcile medications, prepare discharge meds and counsel patients in a fast-paced hospital setting.

This permanent full-time role offers 37.5 hours per week, with a salary up to £35,000 depending on experience, and a comprehensive benefits package including gym

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Post-qualification experience in oncology or systemic anticancer therapy (SACT).
• Excellent communication and people skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with the oncology pharmacist and pharmacy manager to deliver clinical services for oncology/haemato-oncology patients.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation, prepare discharge medications, and counsel patients.
• Liaise with colleagues and suppliers to plan and order SACT for appointments.
• Train and support colleagues in SACT ordering, dispensing and administration.
• Assist with procurement of pharmaceutical stock for the pharmacy and other departments.
• Assist with supplying stock to other departments.
• Participate in stock takes and audits.

Job description

Pharmacy Technician

Brighton Hospital | Pharmacy | Permanent | Full- Time |

Up to £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

This is a specialist role with experience in oncology/haemato-oncology.

Build a brighter future while you’re helping us build a healthier nation. At Nuffield Health, our approach is to fully integrate medicines into a personalised pathway of patient care. That means you’ll benefit from a way of working that allows you to do the best job you can. It’s everything you need to grow your career.

As a Pharmacy Technician at our Brighton Hospital, you’ll be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and you’ll have proven post-qualification experience in oncology and systemic anticancer therapy (SACT). It’s also important that you have excellent communication and people skills, as you’ll be working closely with our patients and a variety of clinical staff.

As a Pharmacy Technician you will

• Work in partnership with the specialist oncology pharmacist and pharmacy manager to deliver a clinical pharmacy service to oncology and haemato-oncology patients.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation, prepare discharge medications, provide medicines information and counselling to patients.
• Liaise with colleagues and suppliers to plan and order SACT in preparation for patients’ appointments.
• Train and support colleagues in SACT ordering, dispensing and administration.
• Assist with the procurement of pharmaceutical stock for the pharmacy and other departments using appropriate electronic systems
• Assist with supplying stock to other departments
• Participate in pharmacy stock takes and audits

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital.

At Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital, we work with leading medical Consultants to provide first-class treatments and high standards of care for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions using the latest facilities and technology. We take pride in delivering high standards of patient care to both private patients and the NHS. Our facilities include 44 purpose built en-suite rooms, three operating theatres and an endoscopy theatre. Other facilities include physiotherapy, Oncology, health screening, diagnostics and a dental suite. We are located in Woodingdean, on the east side of Brighton with easy access by rail and road, including free parking.

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