Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southport District General Hospital
Town: Southport
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/03/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 5
An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Pharmacy Accuracy Checking Technician to join our developing team of pharmacy staff serving Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.
This follows a significant investment in Pharmacy services by the Trust to improve medicines management and optimisation for all our patients throughout their hospital stay.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based at either Southport District General or Ormskirk District General, but the ability to travel to all hospitals within the Trust is essential. Duties will include:
1. Technician Ward based services
2. Accuracy Checking
3. Inpatient, out-patient and ward based dispensing
4. Stock control
5. Aseptic preparation
6. Ordering and supply of medicines
Qualification requirements
BTEC in Pharmaceutical science, S/NVQ 3 in Pharmacy services or equivalent and a Northwest Framework Accredited Checking qualification or equivalent.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BTEC / NVQ LEVEL III in Pharmacy Services with relevant underpinning knowledge (or equivalent)
* Professional Registration with the GPhC
* BTEC in Accuracy Checking (Northwest framework)
* ECDL (or equivalent)
Knowledge and Skills
Skills and Abilities
* Good communication skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Ability to pay attention to detail
* Ability to work to a high specification of accuracy
* Ability to understand the importance of confidentiality
* Commitment to Continual Professional Development
* Self-motivating and flexible
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust.
The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), and 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata).
We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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