Pharmacy Team Leader (Higher Level Technician)

Job summary

Pharmacy Team Leaders (Higher Level Technicians)

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment.

It is an exciting time for the Pharmacy Production unit at CCC-Liverpool, which has recently obtained an MHRA specials licence. The department is developing batch production through the use of VHP gassing Isolator technology. We have opportunities to increase our Band 5 Team Leader Technicians to support our expanding service. We are looking for enthusiastic, forward thinking and experienced candidates to join our friendly and dedicated team. This is an important position within our large, diverse and welcoming pharmacy team.

Working pattern will be: 37.5 hours per week, 08:00 - 18:00 x 3 days , 08:00 - 17.30 x 1 day (Rolling day off). Weekends and on-call on a rota basis.

Part time hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

In summary you will:

• Provide leadership to Entry Level Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants.
• To participate in the training of Technicians, Student Technicians and production assistants in all aspects of aseptic production.
• Make suggestions concerning and actively contribute to the organisation of work to ensure the effective utilisation of staff time and resources.
• To keep abreast of new developments and attend such training courses as from time to time as may be deemed necessary to develop and enhance accuracy as appropriate.
• Assist in maintaining adequate stocks of materials for dispensing chemotherapy.
• Take responsibility for cross-checking transcribed worksheets from prescription to ensure accuracy before aseptic preparation of drugs.
• Maintaining personal validation in aseptic manipulation.
• Refer any non-protocol or non-standard prescriptions to relevant authority.
• Need to refer matters requiring expert advice to the appropriate pharmacist e.g. availability of drugs/release of intrathecal chemotherapy.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

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