Job summary
Barts Health has an opportunity for a motivated and dynamic Pharmacy Technician to undertake and develop our newly established program of verification of prescriptions for selected Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) by Pharmacy Technicians.Based at St Bartholomew's Hospital and embedded within our large Oncology Pharmacy team, you will be well supported to develop this exciting, innovative role.
The Pharmacy Oncology Team is well established within Barts Cancer Centre and we provide inpatient, outpatient and daycase SACT services. Our aseptic Chemotherapy Services Unit provides approximately 50,000 patient doses per year with a large clinical trial portfolio and implemented electronic prescribing system. In line with the Trust's goals, we strive to deliver the best possible patient experience, be a provider of excellent patient safety and cultivate Barts Health as an outstanding place to work.
The post holder will be a team player and keen to continue to improve quality standards within the department. This position offers the opportunity to learn new skills, develop existing ones as well as being a valued part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective provision of medication from the Chemotherapy Services Unit (CSU) with specific responsibility for checking readymade and prepared doses of anticancer therapy doses from our dedicated satellite dispensary. The post holder will also be integral to developing and implementing a framework for Pharmacy Technician SACT prescription verification. The post holder will also support our ward-based team of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and ATOs providing a patient facing, pharmacy service to cancer patients including a dedicated satellite dispensary for our 4 cancer inpatient wards.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences /NVQ 3 or equivalent
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
- Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g medication history taking, POD assessment etc.
- Dispensing
- Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
- Patient counselling
- Experience of pharmacy stock distribution and top-up services
- Experience of implementing change
- Experience of managing or supervising a small team of staff
- Experience of training staff, giving staff developmental feedback and implementing training plans
- Experience of recruitment and selection
- Leadership experience within a pharmacy service, including organising a service on a day-to-day basis
Desirable
- Experience in working in a cancer pharmacy service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences /NVQ 3 or equivalent
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
- Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g medication history taking, POD assessment etc.
- Dispensing
- Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
- Patient counselling
- Experience of pharmacy stock distribution and top-up services
- Experience of implementing change
- Experience of managing or supervising a small team of staff
- Experience of training staff, giving staff developmental feedback and implementing training plans
- Experience of recruitment and selection
- Leadership experience within a pharmacy service, including organising a service on a day-to-day basis
Desirable
- Experience in working in a cancer pharmacy service
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
