CYP Daycare and Outpatients Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

An excellent development opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed individual to gain specialised oncology skills in a clinical role. This is a permanent post based on the Children’s Day Units at the Sutton site.

We are looking for a motivated pharmacy technician to join our diverse Clinical Pharmacy team to develop and deliver an advanced, patient-centred medicines optimisation service.

You will integrate into our extremely well-developed ward based multidisciplinary team assisting in medication reconciliation, patient counselling and will facilitate discharges of children’s day-unit patients in a timely manner with the correct medication and advice.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must, be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council, hold or working towards a Medicine Optimisation qualification and the accredited checking pharmacy technician qualification.

The Royal Marsden's Oak Centre for Children & Young People (CYP) is one of the largest comprehensive children and young people’s cancer centres in Europe. We treat a range of paediatric and young adult cancers in patients from 1 to 24 years of age.

Applicants are advised that because of the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact

Rupal Evans – Lead Pharmacist CYP on 0208 642 6011 x 1122

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assist with the recruitment and selection of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants when required.
• To undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to ensure a high level of competency in carrying out the tasks required and when appropriate to facilitate the CPD of other pharmacy staff.
• To commit to flexible working patterns (late evenings, weekends & bank holidays) when required to meet the needs of the patients and service
• To carry out any other reasonable duty as requested.
• Receive prescriptions from in and outpatient areas from nurses, HCA’s, etc, checking the email prescription inbox twice daily and actioning the requests communicating with the OCCYP Daycare pharmacist and CYP medical/ANP prescribers to ensure completion of requests in a timely fashion.
• To develop, maintain and manage the safe, efficient, and cost-effective supply of medicines to patients on children’s day units and inpatient wards.
• To deliver quality care to patients at day unit level through efficient medicines optimisation by individual patient dispensing and patient/carers education on medicines.
• To support with clinical audits, data collection and implementation of developments to enhance the needs of the patient.
• To support the Lead Pharmacist for CYP with the delivery of any service developments associated with medicine optimisation pharmacy service to meet local and national requirements.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.