Specialist Pharmacy Technician Cancer

We are looking for an experienced,motivated and dynamic Pharmacy Technician tohelp to continue our work to establishverification 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, innovativerole. This is the second Pharmacy Technician role we have established undertaking this novel work.

You will be provided in depth training and will undertaking verification and clinical release of SACT doses once fully accredited

Chemotherapy Delivery & Safety

Check and release ready-made and manufactured chemotherapy doses.

Resolve errors and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Verify prescriptions for accuracy and appropriateness.

Confirm patient parameters (blood results, physical assessments) before authorising doses.

Clinical Support

Support cancer ward services, including medicines reconciliation and dispensary checks.

Service Development & Compliance

Develop services in line with Trust policies and strategy.

Maintain adherence to internal/external procedures and good practice standards.

Performance Monitoring

Record and report key indicators (KQIs, chemotherapy wastage).

Conduct Controlled Drug audits regularly

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.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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.

• BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences /NVQ 3 or equivalent
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
• ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent

• 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
• Experience in working in a cancer pharmacy service

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.