Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive pharmacy technician to join the Cancer Pharmacy Team as a Band 5 Cancer Pharmacy Technician, at the Churchill Hospital and able to cover across sites.



The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills interested in developing leadership skills to support the Senior Pharmacy Technician. The Cancer Pharmacy Team is a large team covering the Churchill and Horton Hospitals and includes pharmacy assistants, technicians, pharmacist and admin.



The candidate ideally will have either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience, wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. You must have successfully achieved the relevant units of pharmacy services skills, ideally NVQ level 3 (QCF) or an equivalent GPhC accredited training programme.



To be responsible for providing co-ordinating support to the Cancer Satellite service under the direction of the senior Satellite Lead pharmacy technician or operational manager. Including taking the lead for the Satellite service when required. To assist in ensuring dispensary work is processed accurately, safely and efficiently according to procedures to support turnaround and key performance indicators. To be responsible for preparing some Satellite rotas, overseeing workload and delegating tasks to the dispensary team, with the ability to judge workload and when to escalate to prevent it reaching unmanageable levels, working together with Senior Technicians.

Some of the key roles include:

Co-ordination of workload and staff in the Cancer Satellite Pharmacy

Training of staff

Management of stock

Patient counselling

Opportunity to develop CPD



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.



The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.



Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .



1. To Participate in the following aspects of dispensary technician duties as

designated by the senior Satellite Lead Pharmacy Technician:

Labelling and dispensing medicine supplies to the Cancer Centre according to

the dispensary procedures; including clinical trial dispensing using the

pharmacy stock control computer system, ensuring accuracy and attention to

detail in processing of prescriptions.

Undertaking regular expiry date checking for designated bin locations in

Pharmacy Satellite - to identify expired or short dated stock.

Undertaking extemporaneous dispensing making relevant calculations for the

formula and according to Good Manufacturing Practice.

Counselling patients that attend Cancer Satellite Pharmacy on how to take

their medicines in a safe and effective manner and warning them of possible

side effects that they may experience during treatment.

To be aware of and be involved in good customer service when dealing with

all stakeholders, with the ability to deal with demanding, stressful, or

emotional situations as they arise.

To assist in the maintenance of a tidy and efficient working environment. To be involved with the audit and the development of the service including

policy updates and working practices.

Receive prescriptions from patients/ staff and receive payment for

prescription charges.

Participates in processes to ensure that medicine stock levels are monitored

and accurately maintained.

2. To use the Pharmacy stock control computer system and other information

technology in all areas of Pharmacy. To be fully competent in the use of the

Robotic Dispensing system, where applicable to site, with the ability to diagnose

and resolve robot operating issues and escalate as required.

3. Having undertaken the relevant training, to provide a medicines optimisation

service to designated wards on your base site under the supervision of Medicines

Management Technicians.

4. Having undertaken the relevant final checking training to spend periods of time in

the Dispensary providing the final check of dispensed items. To act within the

limitations of the role and refer where necessary.

5. To undertake training and development in Leadership skills.

6. To be responsible for providing co-ordinating support to the Cancer Satellite

service under the direction of the senior Satellite Lead pharmacy technician or

operational manager. Including taking the lead for the Satellite service when

required. To assist in ensuring dispensary work is processed accurately, safely

and efficiently according to procedures to support turnaround and key

performance indicators. To be responsible for preparing some Satellite rotas,

overseeing workload and delegating tasks to the dispensary team, with the ability

to judge workload and when to escalate to prevent it reaching unmanageable

levels, working together with Senior Technicians.

7. To be responsible for a distinct area of dispensary service. To organise training,

procedures and work processing for this area under the direction of the senior

technician or operational manager.

8. To supervise and be involved in the training and induction of junior dispensary

staff members including Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and Apprentices and

acting as a role model.

9. To support the dispensary audits, planning audit, making staff aware, inputting

data, analysing data and producing reports.

10. To provide practical support and advice to the allocated team members in

relation to managing monthly Satellite Controlled Drug stock checks, auditing and

correction of levels, ensuring the correct process is followed, and a clear audit

trail is maintained.

11. To be or obtain the Certificate of Competence in Vocational Assessment and

undertake assessments as designated by the Pharmacy Education and Training

Team

12. To participate in and be responsible for completing a programme of continuing

professional development.

13. To participate in weekend, evening, early and bank holiday working according to

rota. To act as team leader for a weekend shift and ensure tasks are delegated

according to skills of individuals in the team and completed.

14. To maintain the equipment inventory file list

15. To become an accredited fire marshal.

16. To be a first aid appointed person.

17. Any other reasonable duties as requested.