Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a qualified pharmacy technician to join the Digital Pharmacy Team and help us deliver a quality digital medicines service to the trust.

As part of the digital pharmacy team, this post holder will be using their experience in pharmacy to maintain drug catalogues, labels and worksheets within the EPR. You will be supported to develop into the role with a experienced team to support and be given opportunities to support project work in trust.

Key to the role is engagement with stakeholders within the trust and its subsidiary pharmacy and also system suppliers to ensure the system is developed and maintained appropriately.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a digital pharmacy technician and the purpose of this role is to:

o Liaise with stakeholders in Pharmacy to build and maintain the Digital Pharmacy systems that includes drug catalogues, stock management, manufacturing worksheets and medicines sets to a high standard.o Support the digital pharmacy team with the piloting and testing of Digital Pharmacy developments and upgrades prior to going live.o Work closely with the Lead Informatics Pharmacy Technician and other stakeholders to ensure the Digital Pharmacy projects are delivered as per agreed project plans. o Support the Lead Informatics Pharmacy Technician with the development of robust policies, standard operating procedures and work instructions pertaining to the use of Digital Pharmacy systems.o Assist in the development of EPMA Business Continuity Planning.o Respond to and advise on user system queries and problems and taking relevant action.

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 -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusiv e

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as UK Pharmacy Technician
• Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (NVQ) or equivalent
• Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BTEC) or equivalent

Desirable

• Change management or project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner
• Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians, UK (APTUK)

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Knowledge of prescribing and dispensing processes in hospitals for both inpatient and outpatients.

Desirable

• Knowledge of configuration of IT clinical systems with respect to Pharmacy and EPMA.
• Relevant knowledge in oncology

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician in a hospital setting
• Experience of working with nursing and medical staff and other health care professionals, patients and the public

Desirable

• Practical knowledge and experience in an aseptic setting is highly desirable.
• Configuration of Systemic Anticancer Therapy including aseptic compounding in the EPR system
• Experience of reporting functionality within EPR system(s).
• Must understand the requirements of Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act, and IM& T systems security policy and be aware of the requirements of Information Governance, Clinical Governance and Caldicott
• Experience of working on projects

Employer details

Employer name

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT

Address

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool

65 Pembroke Place

Liverpool

L7 8YA

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

158-24-324-PHA