Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacy technician to join our lively, progressive and dynamic pharmacy team. Our ideal candidate will be:o Interested in helping us develop and deliver our vision for a patient-focussed clinical pharmacy serviceo Able to drive divisional and departmental clinical governance issues, clinical audit, practice research, service improvement projects and moreo Keen to further their career within cancer services
You will be a registered pharmacy technician with a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience in a hospital setting, including broad experience of delivering pharmacy services with a patient-focussed approach.
Interviews will be held on 20th October 2025
Main duties of the job
The main day to day responsibilities would include:o Manage the day-to-day delivery of, and support the development of, clinical pharmacy services to cancer patientso Manage Medicine Management Technicians delivering clinical pharmacy services to cancer patientso Provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines to cancer patientso Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and undertake an active role in the safe provision of medicines to cancer patients
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent qualification plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Accreditation in Medicines Management qualification
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
- NVQ A1 and V1 award
- Demonstrate significant post qualification work in an operational management capacity
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
- Demonstrable leadership ability - motivational and inspirational leadership style
- Understanding of national pharmacy priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
Desirable
- Leadership & Management diploma
- Research publications
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Formal project management training
- Understanding of national priorities in Cancer Care
- Demonstrates awareness of current cancer standards such as intrathecal chemotherapy, SACT standards, NICE technology appraisals and guidance
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable significant post-qualification experience in the NHS
- Four years full time equivalent post qualification pharmacy practice experience
- Two years full time equivalent post qualification work in a team leader or operational management capacity
- Previous experience of performance management
- Previous experience in supervising the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Experience of working in specialist area in clinical technician roles
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of successfully project managing a significant change in a pharmacy department
Desirable
- Proven ability to manage complex teams effectively
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrated commitment to enhancing the quality of patient care
- Takes responsibility for the personal development needs of themselves and others
- Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency based training
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Demonstrated ability to meet service targets
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of pharmacy services
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
- Demonstrable use of audit or research to improve practice
- Previous assessable experience of contribution to the development of SOPs across a variety of tasks
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet, database, and communication software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Ability to learn new software programmes - IT literate
Desirable
- Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided
- Collects and reports on data regarding service provision
- Ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, and respects confidentiality
Other
Essential
- Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent qualification plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- Accreditation in Medicines Management qualification
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
- NVQ A1 and V1 award
- Demonstrate significant post qualification work in an operational management capacity
- Demonstrates a broad knowledge of pharmacy practice
- Demonstrable leadership ability - motivational and inspirational leadership style
- Understanding of national pharmacy priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of research evidence in clinical practice
Desirable
- Leadership & Management diploma
- Research publications
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
- Formal project management training
- Understanding of national priorities in Cancer Care
- Demonstrates awareness of current cancer standards such as intrathecal chemotherapy, SACT standards, NICE technology appraisals and guidance
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable significant post-qualification experience in the NHS
- Four years full time equivalent post qualification pharmacy practice experience
- Two years full time equivalent post qualification work in a team leader or operational management capacity
- Previous experience of performance management
- Previous experience in supervising the day-to-day practice activities of others
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Experience of working in specialist area in clinical technician roles
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of successfully project managing a significant change in a pharmacy department
Desirable
- Proven ability to manage complex teams effectively
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrated commitment to enhancing the quality of patient care
- Takes responsibility for the personal development needs of themselves and others
- Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency based training
- Maintains a portfolio of practice
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Identifies appropriate measures of service
- Demonstrated ability to meet service targets
- Ability to identify and manage risks
- Ability to identify and prioritise the delivery of pharmacy services
- Ability to identify and undertake clinical audit
- Ability to manage difficult and ambiguous problems where little information is available
- Demonstrable use of audit or research to improve practice
- Previous assessable experience of contribution to the development of SOPs across a variety of tasks
- Ability to utilise presentation, spreadsheet, database, and communication software packages to support the work of the clinical pharmacy team
- Ability to learn new software programmes - IT literate
Desirable
- Actively seeks novel opportunities to meet training needs, and evaluates the training provided
- Collects and reports on data regarding service provision
- Ability to prioritise future developments to meet service needs
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of unavoidable work pressures
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, and respects confidentiality
Other
Essential
- Membership of British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
