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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or equivalent
• Accredited to perform final accuracy check on clinically screened prescriptions or with suitable experience to work towards
• Accredited medicines management qualification or willing to work towards

Experience

Essential

• Significant hospital pharmacy practice experience
• London Pharmacy Education and Training - Technician Self Development Programme - Stage 2 or working towards or equivalent
• Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload on a day to day basis
• Medicines Management experience at ward level
• Previous evaluated experience of participation in audit

Desirable

• Previous evaluated experience of recruitment and selection of staff
• Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
• Demonstrated ability to train and assess others
• Demonstrated ability to solve more complex problems as indicated in the job description
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately and maintain high standards
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
• Demonstrated ability to organise project work
• Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation
• Demonstrated complex pharmacy computer and IT skills including: Email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry
• Demonstrated ability to write SOPs

Desirable

• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, organise and review competency based training assessment
• Demonstrated ability to organise an audit

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Willingness to learn
• Commitment to training
• Good oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• E.g., All posts to include Demonstratable

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal

Employer details

Employer name

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College London Hospital

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

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