Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients at the Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre

Are you excited by the opportunity to develop a new service? If so, then we have the role for you.

Being driven and adaptable are essential characteristics for this role as this is a unique opportunity to shape the future.

Working alongside a fantastic multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will coordinate, prioritise and plan medicines management aspects of the discharge process for patients who's needs require social care or nursing intervention once they have left the Trust.

Continued professional development is actively supported in the pharmacy department and there will be opportunities to undertake training where applicable.

The successful candidate will also be supported to develop their leadership and management skills. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please get in touch with us!

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical validation of oral SACT prescriptions including allocation of duties and problem solving of service issues to ensure a timely and efficient response.

This will involve communication with patients and other health care professionals, internal and external to the Trust and the dispensing and checking of prescriptions demonstrating personal accuracy and knowledge.

You will be expected to work closely with nursing and medical staff and with patients. You will be supported by a team of oncology pharmacists and rotational pharmacy technicians, to deliver pharmaceutical services to patients in clinical oncology areas.

You will also support with Oncology clinical trials and some aspects of the Pharmacy aseptic unit.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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