Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Clinical Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 158-25-063-PHA
- Employer
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annumm
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Pharmacy Technician Clinical Services
NHS AfC: Band 5
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We operate a Values Based Recruitment (VBR) approach when recruiting new colleagues. VBR helps us to attract and select employees whose personal values and behaviours align with the values of the Trust. For more information on our vision, mission and values please see here - Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk)
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Job overview
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) provides excellent cancer care to patients in the North West (including North Wales and the Isle of Man). We have 3 site locations; the central Liverpool site and hub sites in the Wirral and Aintree. Inpatient services, including 4 wards (Solid tumour and Haematology), stem cell transplant service and the regional Teenage and Young Adult unit (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust), are located at our Liverpool site.
It is an exciting time for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, we are looking for a Band 5 Clinical Services Technician to join our ward team of pharmacists and technicians within our large, diverse and friendly pharmacy team.
The job role will be full time Monday to Friday with rotational Saturdays and Bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver quality care at ward level through the
implementation of an efficient medicines management system and
perform a range of medicine supply functions as appropriate in order to provide seamless pharmaceutical care for patients.
Ward support duties will not be directly supervised and involve taking comprehensive patient drug histories and reconciliation of medicines at admission, ordering medicines and coordinating issue of additional medication and counselling patients at discharge. Provide a patient-focused pharmacy service at ward level in order to improve the quality of care, reduce risk and promote cost-effective use of medicines.
Implement and monitor cost containment measures in order to reduce waste and achieve savings on medicines.
To supervise rotational ward technicians and student technicians when on ward placement.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
· Kind
· Empowered
· Responsible
· Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Dual qualification in Pharmacy Services: NVQ Level 3 /BTEC Diploma or equivalent necessary for registration with General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Portfolio demonstrating competence (2 year student technician pharmacy practice) and CPD
- Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator including: simple calculations, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentages, decimals, fractions and ratios.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification pharmacy practice experience
- Demonstrated understanding of the principles of GMP and QA in a manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
- Demonstrated ability to communicate routine information effectively using clear written and appropriate formats
- Demonstrated basic pharmacy computer IT skills i.e. accurate data entry
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carys Hooker
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician- Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825015267
- Additional information
Contact Hours
Monday to Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm
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