Job Summary
The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital is a modern forward-thinking large teaching hospital employing 10,000 staff & offering a full medical service to a population of over 570,000. It has strong links with both the School of Pharmacy with onsite teacher practitioner posts & the Medical School at the nearby University of East Anglia.
The Pharmacy Department provides a fully comprehensive pharmaceutical service across the Trust & to a number of external community units. We are a large & very busy department with over 180 members of staff including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, admin clerical staff & apprentices. There are many varied roles & we all work as a team to provide the different functions and services whilst maintaining a high level of patient care.
Functions of the Pharmacy Department include the ordering, receipt & supply of medicines to wards & departments throughout the Trust & external units. This includes dispensing for inpatients, outpatients, community units & supplying ward stocks averaging around 2,500 items a day. Wards & external units are provided with a clinical service with pharmacists & pharmacy technicians an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. The Pharmacy provides Aseptic Services such as the preparation & supply of chemotherapy & other sterile products. We have a Quality Assurance team that works to ensure that our products are prepared & supplied to meet the highest quality standards.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful applicant will join the Clinical Trials team who manage the clinical trial medicines dispensed to patients recruited to clinical trials in the Trust. The post holder will be involved in all aspects of clinical trials medicine management including receipting deliveries, dispensing, checking and temperature monitoring of clinical trial medicines and participate in meetings with research teams involving the set-up of new clinical trials. Full clinical trials training and Good Clinical Practice training will be provided. The postholder will also participate in the clinical ward service and drug history taking. We invite applications from ACPT accredited pharmacy technicians with a minimum of 1 year post ACPT qualification experience. You should be dedicated, flexible and able to work in a high pressured, busy and demanding working environment. You will need to be enthusiastic, have excellent communication and organisational skills and a genuine interest in developing your skills and knowledge.
All staff are required to participate in the weekend rota with corresponding time off during the week, currently 1 in 10. All staff are required to undertake at least one public holiday duty per year. All rotas are subject to review at any time.
The successful applicant will need to be able to work Mondays as part of their working week.
About Us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
* Flexible working hours
* Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
* Multi Faith prayer room
* Discounted gym memberships
* Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
* Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
* Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
* Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
* On-site Nursery
* On-site cafes offering staff discounts
* Support in career development
* Flexible staff bank
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job Responsibilities
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
* To supervise and maintain the Pharmacy clinical trials service in accordance with ICH GCP guidelines and Pharmacy procedures and ensure provision of a high quality service to patients and staff within the Trust.
* Undertake the receipt, dispensing, accountability, returns and destruction of clinical trials in the clinical trials pharmacies in the main pharmacy and the Quadram Institute (QI) Clinical Research Facility (CRF) ensuring all trials are managed in accordance with GCP.
* To ensure dispensing, storage and expiry date records for clinical trials are kept up-to-date and archived for future reference.
* To manage quarantined clinical trials medication and report results of quarantined medicine investigations to the clinical trials pharmacists.
* To plan, organise and manage the daily workload of the pharmacy clinical trials service in conjunction with the clinical trials pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants.
* To maintain the pharmacy site file for all clinical trials.
* To provide, in conjunction with the appropriate Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners, a ward technician medicines management service on specified wards.
* To undertake drug history taking in conjunction with the appropriate Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners on specified wards.
* To provide counselling advice to patients on their medicines, providing advice to patients and carers about compliance issues.
* To organise and undertake the dispensing and distribution of all medicines against a previously clinically checked prescription or request in line with departmental policies and procedures and the Medicines Act 1965 using the JAC computer system.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician for final checking of dispensed medicines
Experience
Essential
* Previous experience in hospital pharmacy
Skills
Essential
* Able to record information accurately
Attitude, Aptitude
Essential
* Able to work as part of a team with a flexible approach to duties
* Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr