Senior Biosimilar Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and dynamic pharmacy technician with medicines management experience to join the Biosimilar Switch team at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will be supporting RLH and MEH in delivering biosimilar switches and medicines efficiencies within the specialist medicine division. The role may adapt depending on the requirements of the hospital agenda.

The post holder will be managing the Band 3 Assistant Technical Officer within the Biosimilar Switch team and working closely with the Band 8a Pharmacist to deliver cost saving projects. You will work closely with the pharmacy team, homecare team and the wider specialist medicine multidisciplinary team to support Royal London Pharmacy department and specialist division team in delivering biosimilar switches and medicines efficiencies across the RLH and MEH sites.

As part of this role, you will be working within the Biosimilar Switch team to plan, implement, track and report various biosimilar switches within the specialist medicine division. You will be required to contact patients and homecare companies to ensure a smooth switch transition and continuously track the key metrics of the cost improvement strategy. The role may also involve ward cover, stock top-ups and dispensary-based responsibilities and may adapt depending on the hospital needs.

Main duties of the job

• To support Royal London Pharmacy department and specialist division team in delivering biosimilar switches and medicines efficiencies within the specialist medicine division. •    To report to the Highly Specialist Pharmacist - Biosimilar and High-Cost Medicines on progress and tracking of the biosimilar switches. •    To help oversee the project progression. •    To work collaboratively with the procurement and homecare teams to support the biosimilar switch work. •    The role may also involve ward and dispensary-based responsibilities.

During quieter periods or upon completion of the biosimilar switch projects, the biosimilar team will be moved into a role within The Royal London/ Mile End Hospital pharmacy team based on the operational and clinical needs. This will be undertaken following discussion with the post holder.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.