Employer Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Pennine Care Pharmacy, Tameside Hospital Town Ashton Under Lyne Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 5
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
We are looking for a self-motivated pharmacy technician to join the Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and South Network at Pennine Care, working within the multidisciplinary and pharmacy teams in Stockport and Tameside.
The individual must be a good communicator, accurate, enthusiastic, flexible, able to use their own initiative, organise their own workload and work as part of a busy team.
All applicants must have a recognised Pharmacy technician qualification, NVQ level 3, BTEC, City & Guilds or equivalent experience, must be an accredited accuracy checker and registered with the GPhC.
The pharmacy team is a purely clinical team based at sites across the whole of the Pennine Care footprint. The team includes pharmacists and technicians embedded in all services, includes a medicines information service, research and innovation and electronic prescribing.
As a member of the team, you will be provided with regular supervision and CPD /learning opportunities and will in turn support the development of the pharmacy service.
The team meets on a regular basis to support one another and progress the service.
Main duties of the job
To participate in the development of a range of medicines management activities at ward level including medication history taking and medicines reconciliation to inpatient units: the Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) wards; Woodbank (Stockport) and Walkerwood (Tameside) and support the rehab and high support wards in the South Network.
Working for our organisation
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is a diverse provider of NHS mental and learning disability services in Greater Manchester.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
* Access to Continued Professional Development
* Involvement in improvement and research activities
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To coordinate the supply of medication to ensure good medicines management practices.
To act as a key member of the multidisciplinary ward team and the wider pharmacy team providing medicines management advice to healthcare professionals and counselling to patients and carers.
To participate in local and national audits and provide information as required, throughout the year.
To support staff with medicines related queries and counsel patients on medication.
To support staff around medication error incidents and ways to improve accurate medicine administration.
To use your skills as an Accuracy Checking Technician.
To carry out three monthly Controlled Drug (CD) checks.
To contribute to the development and review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
To support the in-house investigation and resolution of medicines management related incidents.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge of dispensary and patient services
* Good presentation skills (verbal and written)
* Good technical pharmaceutical knowledge
* Good clinical pharmaceutical knowledge
* Good IT skills (including word processing and spreadsheets)
Education & Qualification
* BTEC Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences/ NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)
* Registered with the GPhC / proof of application in process
* Accuracy checking accreditation
Experience
* Substantial experience as qualified technician in hospital pharmacy
* Substantial experience of dispensary and ward based services
* Experience of implementing change and new developments
* Experience of developing guidelines / protocols / SOP
* Experience of training healthcare professionals/ unqualified staff
* Experience of audit
Skills & Abilities
* Self-motivated
* Data Analysis
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to work as a team member and independently
* Ability to work with multidisciplinary, multi-agency groups
* Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked onto a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider the brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
* Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
* We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
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.
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