# Specialist Cancer Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-cancer-pharmacy-technician/418aa4bb-1632-4088-9a12-d53285ed619d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-cancer-pharmacy-technician/418aa4bb-1632-4088-9a12-d53285ed619d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/ pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend and late rotations) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T13:01:30.788Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cancer_Pharmacy/Cancer_Pharmacy-v8059250 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059250?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive pharmacy technician to join the Cancer Pharmacy Team as a Band 5 Cancer Pharmacy Technician, at the Churchill Hospital and able to cover across sites. The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills interested in developing leadership skills to support the Senior Pharmacy Technician.  The Cancer Pharmacy Team is a large team covering the Churchill and Horton Hospitals and includes pharmacy assistants, technicians, pharmacist and admin. The candidate ideally will have either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience, wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. You must have successfully achieved the relevant units of pharmacy services skills, ideally NVQ level 3 (QCF) or an equivalent GPhC accredited training programme. ### Main duties of the job You will be part of the Medicine Management, Ward Based team primarily working to deliver exceptional pharmacy services directly to patients on wards and day treatment areas. You will provide medicine reconciliation, patient counselling and representing the Cancer Pharmacy Technical Team. Some of the key roles include: - Delivery of Medicine Management service to adult cancer in-patients, out-patients, and day case patients - Pharmacy service to Day Treatment Units in Headington and Banbury. - Patient counselling - Being part of the dispensing process for labelling, dispensing and checking - if qualified - Responding to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available and to escalation questions to other members of the pharmacy team where appropriate. - Opportunity to develop CPD - Opportunity for attendance to the Annual British Oncology Pharmacy Association Conference on a rotational basis ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Ward and Day Treatment Unit based role - To be part of the Pharmacy team providing a near-patient medicines management service to clinical areas. - To become an accredited Medicines Management Technician, or complete reaccreditation in order to transfer skills where appropriate. - To become accredited to assess PODs according to the Trust’s criteria. - To implement and maintain the POD scheme according to Trust policies. - To train nursing, medical and pharmacy staff regarding the POD scheme. - To become accredited to initiate the supply of non-stock items for one-stop/full pack dispensing. - To become accredited to complete medicines reconciliation using a variety of available sources. - To aid discharge planning in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist and ward staff. - To work with the clinical pharmacist and ward staff to support medicines management at ward level. - To become accredited to undertake patient counselling on selected patients e.g. warfarin initiation, inhaler counselling ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and proactive pharmacy technician to join the Cancer Pharmacy Team as a Band 5 Cancer Pharmacy Technician, at the Churchill Hospital and able to cover across sites. The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills interested in developing leadership skills to support the Senior Pharmacy Technician. The Cancer Pharmacy Team is a large team covering the Churchill and Horton Hospitals and includes pharmacy assistants, technicians, pharmacist and admin. The candidate ideally will have either a hospital pharmacy background, or with community pharmacy experience, wishing to make a change into the hospital environment, for which appropriate training will be provided. You must have successfully achieved the relevant units of pharmacy services skills, ideally NVQ level 3 (QCF) or an equivalent GPhC accredited training programme. ## Job Description You will be part of the Medicine Management, Ward Based team primarily working to deliver exceptional pharmacy services directly to patients on wards and day treatment areas. You will provide medicine reconciliation, patient counselling and representing the Cancer Pharmacy Technical Team. Some of the key roles include: Delivery of Medicine Management service to adult cancer in-patients, out-patients, and day case patients Pharmacy service to Day Treatment Units in Headington and Banbury. Patient counselling Being part of the dispensing process for labelling, dispensing and checking - if qualified Responding to enquiries and requests from staff, patients and carers and ensure appropriate and accurate information is readily available and to escalation questions to other members of the pharmacy team where appropriate. Opportunity to develop CPD Opportunity for attendance to the Annual British Oncology Pharmacy Association Conference on a rotational basis ## Responsibilities Ward and Day Treatment Unit based role To be part of the Pharmacy team providing a near-patient medicines management service to clinical areas. To become an accredited Medicines Management Technician, or complete reaccreditation in order to transfer skills where appropriate. To become accredited to assess PODs according to the Trust’s criteria. To implement and maintain the POD scheme according to Trust policies. To train nursing, medical and pharmacy staff regarding the POD scheme. To become accredited to initiate the supply of non-stock items for one-stop/full pack dispensing. To become accredited to complete medicines reconciliation using a variety of available sources. To aid discharge planning in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist and ward staff. To work with the clinical pharmacist and ward staff to support medicines management at ward level. To become accredited to undertake patient counselling on selected patients e.g. warfarin initiation, inhaler counselling ## Person Specification ### Essential Qualities **Essential** - Qualified Pharmacy Technician with an NVQ 3 or other equivalent qualification and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Comprehensive dispensary experience in either Hospital or Community - Previous experience of training/supervision of other staff - Enthusiastic and responsible attitude - Good interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills with staff inside and outside of the department - Team player who is considerate to the needs and feelings of others in the Team and works to the Trust values - Able to acknowledge, appreciate and conform to change that occurs - Considerate to the needs and feelings of others in the Team - Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to CPD and PDP - Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and accurate in your work and with attention to detail - Responsive to direction and constructive feedback - Basic all-round knowledge of Pharmacy Department - Tidy and smart appearance Adhering to the Trust dress code - Accredited for Medicines Optimisation work or willing to undertake training - Accredited Checking Technician or willing to undertake training - Completion of recognised Leadership Training programme **Desirable** - Uses own initiative and can work alone - Experience of using an automated dispensing system - A role model that demonstrates a professional attitude at all times - Experience of pharmacy stores and distribution - Patient counselling skills - Conscientious approach to own work and able to produce evidence of CPD. Understands the changing roles of the Pharmacy Technician and what registration involves - To be able to take part in the induction of new staff to the department as necessary. Play a key role in the Health and Safety of yourself and that of your working colleagues in the Department - Fire Marshall trained - First aid trained - Certificate of Competence in Vocational Assessment (CAVA) ## Documents - [b5 cancer pharmacy technician job description (pdf, 485.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349407) - [b5 cancer pharmacy technician person specification (pdf, 262.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349408) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.