We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacy technician to join our lively, progressive, and dynamic pharmacy team. The successful candidate will provide a ward based clinical pharmacy technician service to our oncology and haematology patients, which will include working closely with the nurses to ensure a medicines management is maintained at a high standard on the wards and providing an individualised medication counselling service to patients.
The postholder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and will have the opportunity to work across different clinical settings including inpatient wards, daycare, outpatients, and ambulatory care.
To be successful in this role, you will need to be organised, motivated, have excellent communication and people skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly to new situations.
Registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is essential as well as holding ACPT accreditation or be willing to work towards it. Previous experience of medicines management at ward level would be a significant advantage.
In return we can offer a professionally rewarding career with the opportunity for personal development along the way.
The main day to day responsibilities would include:
- Liaise with pharmacy, nursing, medical and other ward staff in order to facilitate the medicines management process for Cancer Services.
- To facilitate the dispensing process for Cancer Services based in the Macmillan Cancer Centre.
- To ensure timely medicines reconciliation is carried out for all in-patients.
- To review patient’s own drugs and assess their suitability for re-use.
- To cross check with patients if their medication history sent by their GP is up to date and correct and to check concordance with the patient.
- To inform patients about the medicines management scheme and what to expect during their stay.
- To counsel patients regarding the safe and appropriate use of their medicines.
- To participate in ward multi-disciplinary team meetings and to liaise with ward staff on medicine management issues.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
UCLH, in partnership with University College London, has been designated one of the country’s five comprehensive biomedical research centres and there is an on-site early phase cancer clinical trials unit.
The UCLH Macmillan Cancer Centre opened in April 2012 and encompasses our busy outpatient clinics and daycare treatment facilities as well as our growing ambulatory chemotherapy practice.
The pharmacy cancer team is well integrated into the cancer directorate and provides a high-quality and progressive pharmacy service to cancer patients. Chemotherapy production services are delivered from a state of the art unit.
This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our Cancer Pharmacy team. We are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, and the technical service is fundamental to supporting the flow to ensure timely medicines reconciliation and patient discharges, whilst delivering a high-quality service.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Danielle Burgess (
[email protected]) or 07483 682332
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