Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)
At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.
Are you a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician Higher Level looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient-focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Cambrai Lines, Munster Barracks, Catterick Garrison.
The vacant post is full-time, working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
* Access to learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options
* A working culture that encourages inclusion and diversity
* Free parking
* Use of gym
Main duties of the job
Pharmaceutical services contribute to the Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) mission by the provision of a clinical and professional service at Medical Centre (MC) level. The post holder will be required to work across two Dispensaries in the Catterick Medical Centre (CMC) and the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick as part of a team of Pharmacy Technicians. The main location will be the CMC Catterick as part of a 34-person team rotating through the ITC Catterick as necessary. The post is unsupervised and requires the post holder to jointly manage the day-to-day running of the dispensary at CMC Catterick or ITC Catterick.
The post holder is responsible for delivering a consistently high-quality dispensary service and assists in the delivery of an effective medicines management service to entitled personnel within the multi-disciplinary medical centre and on behalf of the Senior Medical Officers.
The post holder will have knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training at National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) 3 level, supervising a technical area within the dispensary, and knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through National Vocational Qualification (NVQ 3) training.
About us
Our success depends on our people: our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants, and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making, and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further, or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
* Provision of a safe and accurate dispensing service to patients under the care of the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) and Defence Primary Healthcare.
* Communicate professionally with medical and non-medical prescribers regarding any prescription anomalies, ambiguities, or supply issues.
* Housekeeping of the dispensary including stock checks, stock rotation, and monitoring of time expiry drugs to minimise wastage as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
* Joint lead for temperature controlled cold chain and ambient items within the Medical Centre.
* Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications, and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Skills Framework:
* NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
* NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
* NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
* NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
* NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
* NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
Requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs.
Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.
All employees joining the Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.
The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares, or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, and supporting those who want to give up smoking.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* National Vocational Qualification Level 3 Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent.
* Degree, diploma, or appropriate training as recognised by a professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area.
Registrations and Memberships
* Registered or able to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
* Please provide your membership registration number.
* You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application.
* Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Experience
* Practical experience to be able to operate in a singleton post. Plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.
Provide a CV
* Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
* Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
* Please use double spacing where possible.
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.
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum, pro-rata for part time.
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