Job Description:
Senior Pharmacy Technician Oncology and Aseptic Services
Cromwell Hospital
London, SW5 0TU (5 mins walk from Earls Court underground or 7 mins walk from Gloucester Road underground.)
Permanent
Salary: £43,700 Dependant on experience
Full Time 37.5 hrs per week
Shift pattern – Monday to Friday - 8am to 5:30pm
We make health happen.
At the Cromwell Hospital, we are committed to delivering a first-class service to our clients through the perioperative journey, ensuring our service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. Through the provision of this framework, we attract patients and consultants from all over the world, making Cromwell Hospital their healthcare provider of choice in central London for multiple clinical specialities.
You’ll make this happen by:
The Pharmacy Oncology Department are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Senior Pharmacy Technician to help lead in the delivery of excellent hospital pharmacy aseptic services.
As the successful candidate, you will join our friendly team working within the Satellite pharmacy and Aseptic Unit situated on level 2 at the Cromwell Hospital, preparing chemotherapy and related treatments for patients. We will provide a comprehensive in-house training programme during which you will learn all about our clean room environment and the many different procedures that we must maintain for the high standards of cleanliness and efficiency needed in our busy Aseptic Unit working under section 10 of the Medicines act 1968.
- Participate in the preparation and reconstitution of cytotoxic drugs for Inpatients and Outpatients in accordance with approved procedures.
- Participate in the maintenance of all environmental monitoring and quality assurance systems to ensure the continued functioning of the unit. Liaise with external agencies responsible for monitoring quality systems.
- Schedule service contracts for equipment used in the Aseptic Unit that undergo regular preventative maintenance to ensure that all equipment is fit and maintained for the purpose intended.
- Ensuring that all processes are RPS and GPhC compliant and be actively involved with self-inspections where appropriate.
- Ensure that all standard operating procedures are appropriate, adhered to and to participate in the delivery of safe and current practice.
- Participate in service review processes to ensure current practices are appropriate. To work with the Oncology Pharmacy Team to ensure a first-class service for patients and consultants
- Participate in clinical and service audits to maintain department standards.
- Ensure delivery and maintenance of all Health and Safety and COSHH requirements relating to cytotoxic substances.
- To dispense take home medications for Chemotherapy patients to support an efficient discharge process. To liaise with the Patient Accounts department to ensure that take home medications allied to chemotherapy treatment are charged correctly.
- Accurate charge entry to support delivery of the department and hospital business goals.
- To participate in the delivery of a ward top up service to Wards, Clinical Departments & Theatres. To participate in the stock distribution function and dispensing function of the technician team when required, to support the technical service and ensure that departmental service levels are maintained.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
- B/Tec Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy services
- Professional registration with GPhC.
- Experienced in aseptic oncology reconstitution.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Good aseptic manipulation skill
- Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice
- Previous hospital/manufacturing experience
- Working knowledge of isolators.
- Understanding of equipment used within a clean room environment.
- Familiar with cytotoxic products.
- Good working knowledge of Ascribe and Aria System.
- Team management experience
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
- Various other benefits and online discounts
- Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
- Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
If you would like more information on the role or require an alternative format, please contact serina.kapoor@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Clinical Services
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London
