Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (An average of 150 hours per month, to include early, normal, late shifts and weekend/bank holiday working)
Job ref: 205-6772139
Site: County Hospital
Town: Stafford
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rota
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Job overview
Are you an experienced or newly qualified Pharmacy Technician? Have you trained in community pharmacy and want to try something new? Are you looking for an exciting and challenging role? Are you an enthusiastic, motivated individual who wants to work in a friendly and lively department? If this is you, why not come and join our Pharmacy team at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust!
We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician with strong problem-solving skills who is self-motivated and organised to form part of our pharmacy team.
Benefits of working at UHNM as part of the Pharmacy Patient Services team:
* Good career progression pathways and training opportunities
* NHS discount with Blue Light card in selected retail chains
* Employee benefit government schemes such as cycle to work
* Minimum 27 days annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays
* In-house training courses and annual personal development reviews
* Access to free health support including physiotherapy, counselling and eye tests
* Uniform will be provided
* Access to competitive NHS pension scheme
Main duties of the job
As one of the team of Rotational Pharmacy Technicians, you will have the opportunity to gain experience including the following and much more:
* Dispensing medicines using a state-of-the-art automated dispensing robot (Due to go live in 2025)
* Dispensing controlled drugs using electronic registers from automated storage cabinets
* Providing a theatre CD top-up and replenishment service
* Gaining experience in IT Systems including Ascribe, Automated dispensing (RSUH) & Prescription Tracking
* Maintaining good stock control of medicines
* Medicines optimisation on wards
* Supporting and training staff
You must be a team player with the ability to work flexibly and react positively to change. Essential skills include an eye for detail, a high level of accuracy, and knowing the limitations of the role. You must be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision, and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, which unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details on the post, please contact the hiring manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services or National BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent nationally recognised qualification plus Accredited underpinning knowledge
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* National Accredited Checking Technician (ACT) qualification or requirement to undertake the training
* Expert Witness/A1 NVQ Assessor Qualification or willing to undertake
* Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians
Experience
* Minimum 1 year recent experience in either a hospital pharmacy or community pharmacy setting.
* Commitment and evidence of professional updating and continuous professional development
* Patient counselling skills – pleasant professional manner; knowledge of use of medicines and advising patients; assessing patient’s pharmaceutical care needs.
* Supervisory skills to supervise Pharmacy Assistants and Student Pharmacy Technicians
Skills
* Computer literate with good general keyboard skills for using the pharmacy computer systems, including ordering and receiving stock and rectifying stock discrepancies.
* Literate and numerate.
* Evidence of interest in new ways of working and developing specialist knowledge in a clinical area
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion, we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Sarah Brown
Job title: Lead Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services
Email address: Sarah.Brown@uhnm.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01785 886461
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