The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician
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Pharmacy technicians from community, prison, PCNs or other settings, are encouraged to apply.
To arrange an informal visit or discuss the role and meet the team, please contact: Melanie Lowe, melanie.lowe10@nhs.net, 0161 918 2456 or 07526557349.
About the Role
Are you confident, forward-thinking, and looking for a new challenge? Why not consider joining our clinical pharmacy team? You will be front and centre, talking with patients across our wards/departments, giving you a great opportunity to be a part of the delivery of treatments in oncology.
We are currently looking to recruit highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacy technicians to join our Trust pharmacy team to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team in providing a high-quality service to patients and colleagues.
Part time and job share will be considered. The role involves weekend and bank holiday working on a rotational basis.
Responsibilities
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients and staff, ensuring we keep thriving and delivering outstanding healthcare right across the organisation.
You will have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet wonderful people, and do things you may never have done.
You will work closely with other members of our multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that Christie patients have access to the very latest developments in oncology and haematology medicines. You will be responsible for pharmacy technician clinical pharmacy services on designated wards, working within our innovative clinical pharmacy team to ensure a high quality, patient–focused clinical pharmacy and medicines supply service to oncology patients which will help you to enhance your skills, knowledge, and experience to support your future career development. You will support the satellite dispensary when required, including dispensing and accuracy checking of medication and facilitating medication requirements for chemotherapy patients on Oak Road Treatment Centre and haematology day case units. Other responsibilities within this role include controlled drug destruction, monitoring and replenishment of pharmacy resuscitation boxes and support within the Homecare service.
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You will be a strong team player with effective interpersonal, communication and organisational skills as well as a keen interest and enthusiasm for patient-focused services and continual improvement.
The post holder will be based at the Christie Withington site, however, may be required to undertake roles and responsibilities at other ‘Christie at’ sites.
About Us
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.
We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Melanie Lowe
- Job title: Chief Clinical Pharmacy Technician
- Email address: melanie.lowe10@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 918 2456
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