UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + make a difference for every patient Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking to join an organisation that strives to practice exceptional healthcare every day and is passionate about delivering first class care to our patients? Then we want to hear from you. We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic pharmacy technician to support our on-site and national pharmacy teams and our chief pharmacist at our Barlborough site. This role would be ideal for someone who has worked in a High Street or community Pharmacy who is looking to move into a Hospital-based role. This role is 7.5 hours a week working on a Saturday
Main duties of the job
You will be working under the supervision of the Site Pharmacy Lead and pharmacists, and will liaise directly with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality pharmacy and medicines management services.
You will be required to provide direct medicines management to all clinical areas at Shepton Mallet Hospital including: medicines procurement, distribution, medicines top up, dispensing, and stock control and maintenance as well as conducting medicines and pharmacy audits in line with the hospital audit cycle.
You will contribute fully to the weekly provision of the medicines replenishment service to all clinical areas ensuring each specific location is adequately stocked. This will include periodic stock checks, creating orders and issuing them to clinical areas to ensure timely supply. Co-ordinate, process and deliver ad-hoc and urgent stock requests ensuring that stock levels are efficiently maintained. Generate transaction reports from the automated medicines storage system in UTC and investigate discrepancies. Monitor the local usage of drugs that are desirable/abusable and help highlight and investigate unexplained changes in usage patterns.
About us
* NVQ Level 2/3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
* Able to achieve competencies for job role including in-house training and validations
* Experience of working in a pharmacy environment
* Experience of working with medicines/pharmacy procurement, distribution
* Proven customer service experience
* Hospital pharmacy experience (or Community Pharmacy) experience in areas of Medicines Management
What you can expect in return:
* An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
* Being part of a friendly and supportive team
* The support you need to grow in your role and continue your professional development
* Increase days of annual leave with years of service
If you have any questions, contact Dale.Leer@practiceplusgroup.com or call 07971030100
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Practice Plus Group
Address
2 Lindrick Way
Barlborough
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S43 4XE
Employer's website
https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/
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