Lead Pharmacy Technician - Oncology

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Job Summary

Salary: £46,000 - £52,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY

Contract: Full-Time & Permanent

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Lead Pharmacy Technician to join the Oncology Services within our Pharmacy team, with a salary of up to £52,000.

This is a full-time, Monday to Sunday role. 5x 7.5 hour shifts per week with the following hours:

08:00 – 16:00, 09:00 – 17:00 or 10:00 – 18:00

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

Reporting to the Lead Pharmacist – Oncology, the Lead Oncology Pharmacy Technician will lead on the technical aspects of the oncology pharmacy service in accordance with current legislation, professional standards and clinical requirements, implementing oncology medicines optimisation strategies, strengthen governance frameworks, and developing a highly skilled technician workforce. The role is structured across three interconnected area: Governance, Clinical (Medicines Management), and Management/Leadership. The post-holder will lead on oncology medicines management across inpatient and outpatient settings.

What will your duties include?

• Lead, coordinate, and participate in audits, service evaluations and quality improvement within oncology pharmacy.
• Proactively implement local and national medication safety directives, ensuring the medication safety agenda is taken forward effectively within oncology.
• Oversee day-to-day oncology medicines management, including support on ward-prepared monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).
• Process Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) prescriptions in accordance with local and national standards; support dispensing coordination and timely medicines supply.
• Line manage Pharmacy Technicians working within oncology and oversee operational delivery of technician services in oncology.

What we need from you?

• Pharmacy Technician registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (Essential).
• NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Sciences plus BTEC or equivalent (Essential).
• Accredited Checking Technician qualification (Essential).
• Medicines Management Technician qualification (Essential).
• Practice/Education Supervisor Course via HEE (Essential).
• Substantial experience working within oncology pharmacy services.

What We Offer

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support
• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed
• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email recruitment@ccf.org.

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Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.