Main area: Pharmacy
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent (weekend, bank holiday and late rotas covered on a rota basis)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (bank holidays, weekends and evenings)
Job ref: 287-DSS-13-25
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Liverpool University Hospital
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (Aintree site) is looking for a Registered Pharmacy Technician with an accuracy checking certificate who is keen to realise their potential and who can make the most of the scope this post offers to deliver a patient centred approach to our service delivery.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum performance of the pharmacy service whilst working in the dispensary and medicine management teams.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the medicines management pharmacy technician team at Aintree Hospital where you will complete our in-house medicines management and medicines history taking training programmes.
We welcome applications from Pharmacy Technicians currently working in all settings. You will work as part of the pharmacy team to help deliver a high standard of medicines optimisation to designated wards. You will be responsible for the delivery of safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to newly admitted patients, as well as facilitating efficient discharge and transfer of patients.
You will also rotate through our busy dispensaries. This will require excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role. You must be able to work accurately, have a good eye for detail, and be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines, and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient-focused service.
We are open every day of the year; our rotas include weekends, evenings, and bank holidays.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with appropriate underpinning knowledge
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
* Significant experience with the Electronic Medicines Management systems, including file maintenance, standard and ad-hoc reporting
* Demonstrate Dispensing Experience
* Patient Counselling
* Experience of working on wards
Knowledge
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Ability to understand role and service priorities
* Ability to train staff
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Pleasant and helpful attitude
* Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team
* Smart and clean appearance
Other
* Ability to thrive in a changing environment
* Attention to detail and work accurately
* Flexible
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
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