Job summary
Job Title: Dental Nurse
Hours per week: hours per week (Rotational Late Night, Weekend and Bank Holiday Working)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: 29th September 2024
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
To carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in specified areas of the pharmacy department under the overall direction of the Lead Pharmacy Technicians and the Chief Pharmacist.
To provide a safe, efficient and comprehensive high quality pharmaceutical service, under the direction of Lead Pharmacy Technicians to patients and staff of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
To undertake training and accreditation in technical skills and knowledge as identified and agreed with Lead Pharmacy Technicians and the Chief Pharmacist.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry out dispensing of prescriptions both TTOs and inpatient/ OSD supplies, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, controlled drugs, in-patient and outpatient prescriptions in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice.
To contribute to the final accuracy checking of dispensary work on a rotational basis when required and use the prescription tracker system to monitor workflow.
To co-operate in staff rotation within the pharmacy departments of the trust, ward based working and outpatient areas.
To assist with medicines management on wards to provide medicines reconciliation and drug histories.
To assist with the discharge of patients and provide support to ward pharmacists with TTO preparation using in-house discharge systems.
For more information for this role, please see the Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
1. Hospital pharmacy experience (Ward Top-up, Aseptic dispensing, Dispensing for In & Out Patients)
2. Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
3. Ability to prioritise work
4. Ability to problem solve
Desirable
5. Community pharmacy experience
Qualification and Training
Essential
6. NVQ 3 or equivalent ( BTech) or knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training in equivalent pharmaceutical science and recent relevant work experience
7. Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable
8. Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
9. Able to work on own initiative
10. Recognise own limitations
11. Able to work as a member of a team
Other
Essential
12. Ability to work Saturday/Sunday working on a rota basis
Personal Qualities
Essential
13. Ability to attend regularly
14. Ability to work flexibly
Desirable
15. Reliability
Trust Values
Essential
16. Effective open Communication
17. Excellence and safety in all that we do
18. Challenge but support
19. Expect respect and dignity
20. Local Healthcare that inspires confidence