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Job overview

The PharmaC team at Clatterbridge Cancer centre is expanding, and we have a number of opportunities to offer to passionate and dedicated individuals who are looking for a new challenge, the next step in their Pharmacy career, or just something different.

You will be joining a diverse and professional team, who take pride in providing a high quality and efficient medicines supply service to the Trust, to ensure that patients receive the best care possible.  

We expect a high standard of work from our team members. You will need great communication and organisational skills, along with the skills needed to concentrate and pay close attention to detail. You will also need to follow strict procedures and instructions carefully, and be flexible to adapt to changing situations; dealing with queries and issues promptly, escalating when necessary. You will also need accurate record keeping and IT skills.

Pharmacy experience in either hospital or community pharmacy is desirable, but full training will be given to successful candidates, as well as plenty of opportunities for development and progression to those who have demonstrated excellence in the service of our patients.

This post will be based at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Wirral site

Main duties of the job

Bank Outpatients Pharmacist 

This is an exceptional career opportunity for a talented Pharmacist wishing to gain a breadth of experience in a specialist pharmacy in a cancer setting. You will be joining the team at an exciting time as we look to embed recent changes and further transform our ways of working to support Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust with its ambitions.

This will be a rewarding role which will include participation in a wide variety of projects and groups, making it an ideal career opportunity to develop both operational and management skills in a supportive and welcoming environment.

The successful candidate will be a role model, inspiring and giving direction to our pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants that deliver a range of pharmacy operations including procurement, dispensary and ward-based services. Working alongside the pharmacy management team, you will optimise arrangements at the interface with the Trust’s clinical pharmacy services and contribute to the medicines management agenda. Our collective aims with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre are to promote a collaborative culture within pharmacy and with colleagues across the Trust, playing a significant part in ensuring pharmacy services develop strategically in line with the Trust’s objectives, including cost improvements and budgetary management.

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) are one of the UK’s leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

CPL (as subsidiary of CCC) are here to deliver excellent cancer care to the people we serve and are looking for applications from those who share that commitment and our values.

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust takes an active responsibility for ensuring systems, policies and processes are in place to safeguard Children, young people and Adults, supporting the national and local agenda around safeguarding, including local arrangements for the protection of children young person and adults at risk.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check before employment can commence. This includes both spent and unspent convictions, as well as information held by local police deemed as relevant to the role. Employment is conditional on satisfactory DBS clearance.