Specialist Haemato-Oncology Pharmacist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing and successful Private Care Division within Europe’s largest cancer centre and to provide the highest standards of support to our patients.

This position provides a vital role in ensuring the financial pathway for private patients is effectively managed, from patient registration to guaranteeing funding for a range of medical and surgical treatment and inpatient admissions. It is a customer facing role with occasional shift cover as required.

The successful candidate will be a versatile, lateral thinker with an eye to detail and excellent customer services skills. They will put the patient first and be a confident communicator, comfortable in dealing with people at all levels in a polite, empathetic and professional manner. They will be customer focussed, energetic, resilient, able to demonstrate initiative as well as prioritise a busy workload and have a good understanding of the Private Care offer within the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust structure.

The successful candidate will have a proven record of customer-focussed change and improvement. Managing a busy workload, they will be energetic, set and maintain high standards with an eye for detail and go above and beyond to ensure that our patients are well supported and that the risk of debt to The Royal Marsden is minimised.

Main duties of the job

Put patients first – consider patients’ needs and wishes in all that they do;

Take pride in what they do – strive for highest standards in their own work and challenge colleagues to do the same;

Strive to be the best – in terms of patient care and teamwork;

Act with integrity – maintain the privacy and dignity of patients, work with integrity, be trustworthy and be accountable for own work; and

Respect others – patients, visitors and colleagues. Actively give and receive feedback.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To demonstrate a professional, courteous, caring attitude offering consultants, patients and their families a high standard of customer service at all times.

Welcome patients and their families in a friendly and calm manner; accurately registering their details.

Have the ability to professionally deliver customer requests, dealings with sensitive and emotional situations by using appropriate language and demonstrating reassurance.

Communicate clearly and concisely with consultants, patients, and colleagues within the Trust.

Ensure that all patient details are recorded accurately and ensure that the financial status of all patients is secured prior to treatment.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Requires NVQ Level 4 / diploma or equivalent relevant experience
• Good working knowledge of PC applications and computer literate.
• Hold, or be willing to undertake further training and qualifications in Customer Care
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.

Skills

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Other

Essential criteria

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

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Applicant requirements

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.