SACT E-Prescribing Support Technician | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810.00-£54,710.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 January 2026 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7708033/188-CL261225 |
Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
We are looking to appoint a pharmacy technician with an interest in cancer services and an understanding of the positive impact electronic scheduling and prescribing systems can deliver to patient care.
This post is based in the oncology pharmacy, which serves the Southampton Oncology Centre. We are one of the largest oncology centres in the country with medical and clinical oncology specialities as well as a large haematology service, encompassing the Wessex Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMT), as well as a Teenage and Young Adult unit and regional paediatric cancer service.
In 2021 oncology pharmacy re-located into a purpose built unit that we designed. We have been at the forefront of developing new roles for staff. We continually strive to implement changes to improve the working environment and service delivery. For example, our bespoke manufacturing system Medcura. Our SACT prescribing system is one of the few in the country to be networked across six Trusts.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.
At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
The successful candidate will work with the system manager for the e-prescribing system and provide on-going support and advice to system users relating to its clinical, administrative and management functions as well as maintaining the protocol website ensuring all documents are up to date and that document control is in place.
You will advise, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills, and experience, on reconfiguration of the system and services in response to the requirements of end users at the current time.
Through a variety of meetings and committees you will ensure that knowledge and expertise is shared throughout the local community, and that “wheels” are not constantly being re-invented, nor the system left vulnerable to future changes in staffing or services.
You will be responsible for updating and expanding on-line training resources so that they continue to meet the needs of the service and provide personal training when necessary.
To develop and maintain a system on validation and accreditation of individuals using the system including allocating appropriate levels of passwords to all staff groups and individual users.
In collaboration with the Lead Pharmacist for Cancer Care and the Lead SACT e-prescribing technician assist with the strategic development of the system designing, enhancing and testing appropriate fields and implement modifications and enhancements in collaboration with providers and users. This will include system upgrades when required.
A key role will be to identify, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills and experience highly complex clinical trials which require regimen development.
To liaise with trial sponsors, clinicians and trial staff, as required, ensuring regimens follow standard practice/protocol. This will encompass the allocation of work to pharmacists and clinicians for verification.
In addition you will work alongside clinical trial teams to identify, based on pharmaceutical and technical knowledge, skills and experience highly complex clinical trial protocol amendments which require regimen amendments. This will encompass the allocation of work to pharmacists and clinicians for verification.
Manage entry and verification of all approved chemotherapy protocols onto the network wide electronic prescribing system. This will include current clinical trials where appropriate.
Develop and maintain a failsafe system for chemotherapy prescribing to be employed in the event of a breakdown of the electronic prescribing system.
Manage system failures liaising with the hub hosts and software providers as well as the local Trusts to rectify and implement solution in response to system downtime.
Ensure data integrity and systems are managed in accordance with Caldicott and data protection act guidelines.
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Jan 2026