The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust • Sutton SM2 5PT
About this role
Join our Haematology team as a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within an evolving service. This exciting opportunity has arisen as we are expanding our Ambulatory Inpatient (AMBIN) model, enabling patients to receive specialist haematology treatments safely outside of an inpatient setting—reducing hospital stays and supporting care closer to home.
This role places patients at the heart of everything we do. You will support the safe, effective, and timely management of medicines, helping to ensure a smooth and compassionate treatment journey. By contributing to the growth of our AMBIN service, you will directly improve patient experience, reduce unnecessary bed days, and support more efficient use of medicines.
We are a friendly, experienced, and multidisciplinary team committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and delivering the highest standards of care. Working alongside pharmacists, nurses, and clinicians, you will contribute to a service that is innovative and actively developing new patient care pathways.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Pharmacy Technician who is passionate about patient care and values teamwork. If you are interested and have any questions do not hesitate to contact us: Fleur.harvey@rmh.nhs.uk, Zoe.webb@rmh.nhs.uk
- To develop, maintain and manage the safe, efficient, and cost-effective supply of medicines to patients within the Haemato-Oncology Unit
- To deliver quality care to primarily to patients in the Haemato-Oncology ambulatory inpatient (AMBIn) setting through efficient medicines optimisation, and when necessary, provide wider support for all Haemato-Oncology patients by undertaking the assessment of patient’s own medication, medicines reconciliation, individual patient dispensing, discharge planning and patient / carer education on medicines.
- To support with clinical audits, data collection and implementation of developments to enhance the needs of the patient.
- To support the Lead Pharmacist – Haemato-Oncology and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) and Lead Haemato-Oncology Pharmacy Technician with the delivery of any service developments associated within the clinical pharmacy service to meet local and national requirement
- To participate with the dispensing, final checking and issuing of medicines to deliver a safe service
- To support with the operational duties of the dispensary, or medication supply hubs when required and in agreement with Lead Pharmacist – Haemato-Oncology and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) and Lead Haemato-Oncology Pharmacy Technician.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
- Develop, maintain, and manage a safe, efficient, and cost-effective medicines supply service to patients.
- Deliver high-quality patient care to patients under the care of the Haemato-Oncology unit through effective medicines optimisation, including dispensing and patient/carer education.
- Support clinical audit, data collection, research, and service improvements.
- Complete medication storage audits including Controlled Drugs audits, reconcile stock, expiry checks and report discrepancies promptly.
- Assist the Lead Pharmacist – Haemato-Oncology and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) and Lead Haemato-Oncology Pharmacy Technician in delivering service developments to meet local and national requirements.
- Undertake dispensing, final accuracy checking (as an ACPT), and issuing of medicines to ensure a safe service.
- Support the operational management of the dispensary and medication supply hubs as required, and in agreement with the Lead Pharmacist – Haemato-Oncology and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) and Lead Haemato-Oncology Pharmacy Technician.
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Jun 2026
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