Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is a new and exciting opportunity to develop and deliver specialist training to the team of a highly specialist chemotherapy aseptic preparation and dispensing unit, that is fit for purpose.
The post holder will join the leadership team to facilitate a high quality and responsive pharmacy services to a cancer centre and satellite units.
Main duties of the job
The person will be responsible for:
The management, development and delivery of training policies within aseptic services - chemotherapy preparation & dispensing unit. This must be in alignment with local and national directives.
The post holder must have extensive experience, competence and specialist knowledge working in aseptic services preparation or manufacturing units.
The post holder must have extensive and appropriate experience delivering training and mentoring a wide range of staff in aseptic services.
Working for our organisation
The Pharmacy Chemotherapy Preparation and Dispensing Unit is a multicultural, friendly and hard working team of over 30 staff.
We prepare and dispense over 3900 units of chemotherapy doses per month.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to innovative service delivery developments and improvements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The management, development and delivery of training within aseptic services - chemotherapy preparation & dispensing unit.
Maintaining departmental training and re-accreditation records
Staff development within aseptic services
Development of training policies and procedures in alignment with local and national directives.
Person specification
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to train and assess others in a GMP compliant manner
- Demonstrated ability to apply specialist knowledge GMP, GCP & Quality Assurance to maintain, develop and validate an aseptic unit quality system and service provision.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals and patients, using clear written and spoken English, and overcoming barriers to understanding in a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrates ability to deliver lectures, workshops, one to one training and formal presentations
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise own workload and that of others and to manage own time effectively
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and competence at a senior role (minimum NHS AFC B5) as a team leader in aseptic preparation or manufacturing within or outside NHS pharmacy aseptic units.
- Multidisciplinary working with professionals, whilst operationally managing and planning aseptic services supply.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate and complete quality system entries such as SOPs, deviations, change controls and CAPAs. Demonstrates ability to ensure all required actions are appropriately evaluated, completed and documented in a timely manner.
- Planning, management and delivery of a GMP compliant competency-based staff training and assessment programme
- Experience of preparing and developing high quality training materials to meet specific training needs with positive staff feedback
Qualification and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent) or equivalent plus Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council OR Completion of Science Manufacturing Technician Level 3 apprenticeship
- Post graduate technical services qualification or equivalent demonstrated portfolio of experience and short courses
- Relevant leadership and management experience - portfolio that demonstrates acquisition of this level of specialist knowledge
- Demonstrate knowledge of different teaching methods including: understand learning styles, competency based training, and different assessment criteria
Desirable criteria
- Formal recognised training qualification
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- CPDU Education & Training Manager JD_PS (PDF, 280.4KB)
- CPDU Education & Training Manager FRF (PDF, 376.6KB)
