Senior Pharmacy Technician - Transplant Specialist (Clinical Services)
| Posting date: | 14 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 p.a. pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Company: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6364198/180-B-244181 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge? If so, we are looking for a dynamic, committed and self-motivated candidate who wants to make a difference to patient care by working in the highly specialist, interesting and challenging area of solid organ transplantation, at a world renowned transplant centre. You will work as part of a dedicated specialist team of Advanced Clinical and Rotational Pharmacists to optimise the pharmaceutical care of transplant patients.
You will need excellent organisational and communication skills to support a busy service and large complex patient cohort.
For more information regarding the transplant unit and outcomes please access this link.
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/our-services/cambridge-transplant-centre/transplant-services/
You will be responsible for delivering high-quality and comprehensivetechnical ward-based services to the transplant directorate, as well as undertaking medicines management duties in line with standard operating procedures for the technical team.
You will actively lead on medication counselling to new transplant recipients in an inpatient setting and outpatient education clinic, which will include the provision of written information, identifying and managing barriers to adherence and communicating any concerns clearly with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
You will also assist with training support to the MDT to include nursing staff, doctors and support staff. There will be opportunities to be involved in transplant service development projects as well as contribute to and support the research agenda for the department and the specialist area.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 3rd July 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 15th July 2024
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jul 2024
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge? If so, we are looking for a dynamic, committed and self-motivated candidate who wants to make a difference to patient care by working in the highly specialist, interesting and challenging area of solid organ transplantation, at a world renowned transplant centre. You will work as part of a dedicated specialist team of Advanced Clinical and Rotational Pharmacists to optimise the pharmaceutical care of transplant patients.
You will need excellent organisational and communication skills to support a busy service and large complex patient cohort.
For more information regarding the transplant unit and outcomes please access this link.
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/our-services/cambridge-transplant-centre/transplant-services/
You will be responsible for delivering high-quality and comprehensivetechnical ward-based services to the transplant directorate, as well as undertaking medicines management duties in line with standard operating procedures for the technical team.
You will actively lead on medication counselling to new transplant recipients in an inpatient setting and outpatient education clinic, which will include the provision of written information, identifying and managing barriers to adherence and communicating any concerns clearly with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
You will also assist with training support to the MDT to include nursing staff, doctors and support staff. There will be opportunities to be involved in transplant service development projects as well as contribute to and support the research agenda for the department and the specialist area.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 3rd July 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 15th July 2024
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jul 2024