Specialist Technician - Cancer

The Cancer Pharmacy Team at UHDB has long held a high reputation for their proactive and innovative work, effective use of cutting-edge technology, and an unparalleled responsiveness to implementing new treatments into the Trust. Working across multiple sites, the team has embraced true collaborative cross-site working, providing exceptional care to patients undergoing chemotherapy in an outpatient and inpatient setting.

As the demand on provision of cancer services is continuously growing, new and innovative ways of working must be sought in order to meet the requirements of excellent patient care. We believe that new innovative posts such as this, which harness the excellent work pharmacy technicians do in supporting patient care, are the way forward, and are strongly supportive of developing our technicians in new and exciting ways.

The successful post holder will work closely with the cancer pharmacist team as well as the wider hospital teams, providing support within the outpatient and inpatient cancer service delivery.

The successful post holder will be based at the RDH site, but may be required to work cross-site, and there is potential for remote working days upon agreement with the recruiting manager.

• Clinical verification of medicines, including Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) and supportive treatments in accordance with the British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) "Standards for the Pharmacy Verification of Prescriptions for Cancer Medicines".
• Contribution to the implementation and writing of Standard Operating Procedures accompanying the Clinical technical services
• Supporting the pharmacist team in the improvement and maintenance of the clinical & patient safety governance agenda relating to SACT quality-in-cancer-services (QACS) protocols
• Maintenance and oversight the supply of non-standard commissioning chemotherapy agents agreed by the clinical pharmacist team for specialist patient cohorts. This includes compassionate access schemes (CAS), Early Access Medicines Schemes (EAMS) and individual patient supply schemes
• Further development of the specialist technician role within outpatient and inpatient settings.
  
  

The successful post holder will receive extensive training to undertake these new responsibilities, in accordance with the national good practice and competency standards set out by BOPA.

If not already completed, the successful post holder will be expected to complete the NVQ level 4 Pharmacy Services or equivalent as part of their development plan.

Please read the job description and personal specification attached for full details of the duties of the job.

Closing date of applications: 2 May 2024

Interview date: 16 May 2024

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maja Moldawa Job title: Divisional Lead Pharmacist - CDCS Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 783201