Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: If you are internal and have your managers' approval this can be a secondment opportunity
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 208-AF816B-26-1
- Employer
- Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Diana Princess of Wales Hospital,
- Town
- Grimsby
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Cancer Services
Band 5
Job overview
Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Cancer services
The role of the Senior Pharmacy Technician is to work within the Cancer Services team under the line management of the Specialist Pharmacy Technician for Cancer Services and the Advanced Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist to manage the day-to-day provision of efficient and patient focused care to those within Cancer Services and our key stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
You will oversee the effective organisation and prioritisation of workflow within the chemotherapy day unit (CDU) working accurately, efficiently to agreed standards and departmental procedures ensuring work targets are met.
You will also be expected to work closely with the clinical and aseptic pharmacy teams, clinicians, nursing staff and Rowlands outpatient pharmacy supporting the CDU. You will perform various aspects of a clinical pharmacy service where appropriate; this may include, but will not be limited to, stock management, supply of supportive medications, medicines reconciliation and counselling of patients and their medications. There will be times the post holder may be required to escalate complex activities that require allocation of duties, such as stock shortages of oral SACT, which may need communication with procurement for alternative sources, or with consultants for change of plans with treatment; this will require communicating back to the patients.
Support with training and ongoing support/competency assessment will be provided by the Responsible Pharmacist for Technical Services, Advanced Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist and Specialist Pharmacy Technicians for Cancer Services and Aseptic Services.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about The Humber Health Partnership and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the GPhC
- Holds BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Level 3 (or equivalent to enable registration with the GPhC)
- Qualified accuracy checking
Desirable criteria
- Leadership / team management training programme completion
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a qualified pharmacy technician in a hospital environment for a minimum of one year
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge / understanding of Cancer Services and/or procurement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren O'Connor
- Job title
- Advanced Clinical Prescribing Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03033 303944
- Additional information
Cath Southerton - Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Technical services
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Team
Recruitment Office
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Scartho Road
Grimsby
UK
DN31 2QQ
- Telephone
- 03033 306519
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