Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Community House
Town Sheffield
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 02/03/2025 23:59
Interview date 12/03/2025
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join the Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS). CAPS plays a significant role in supporting patients following an acute hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions during periods of acute illness. The team supports staff and patients within Active Recovery, Community Nursing, Virtual Wards, Community Therapy, and the Community Stroke Service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work closely with patients, relatives, and carers to help optimise individualised medication regimens. Our goal is to support patients to reach an appropriate level of independence with their medicines and to support healthcare professionals gain insight into medicines management as part of a holistic assessment process.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare, providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services to the residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Mid Yorkshire, and North Derbyshire, as well as some highly specialist services to all parts of England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ L3 and/or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
* GPhC Registered
* Accuracy Checking Technician course or willing to work towards
* Evidence of formal teaching course
Experience
* Extensive experience in primary, secondary, or intermediate care
* Experience of undertaking 0-2 medication reviews
* Previous experience of patient counselling
* Previous experience of providing patient-focused medicines management services
* Good clinical knowledge of medication management relevant legislation and good practice related to storage and handling of pharmaceuticals.
* Up-to-date pharmaceutical and medicines management knowledge
* Understanding of medicines-related issues in intermediate care
* Able to supervise junior staff and assess competency and best practice
* Experience of managing conflict with occasional aggressive patients and relatives
* Experience in community services, community pharmacy, or primary care
* Experience of audit and project work
Further Training
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file
* Certificate in professional development for pharmacy technicians
Special Skills
* Self-motivated with ability to prioritise work
* Able to identify, analyse, and interpret individual patient medication issues
* Able to compare medication management options and make recommendations as appropriate
* Able to devise individualised medicine adherence solutions following patient assessment
* Able to optimise medication regimes to reduce social care costs and maximise cost-effectiveness
* Able to work independently on own initiative and manage workload
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Able to develop, produce, and deliver training packages
* Excellent organisational and analytical skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Computer literate, including Word, Internet, and Excel
* Knowledge of community pharmacy, the role of general practice, early discharge pathways, and the roles of other NHS primary care health professionals
* Local NHS structure knowledge
Other Factors
* The duties of this post require travelling throughout the city on a daily basis; therefore, the post holder must be independently mobile. (Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act)
* Ability to manage an unpredictable workload with frequent interruptions
* Able to work in sometimes unpleasant environments in the community
* Willingness to work flexibly including working outside of traditional normal working hours in accordance with service need
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position, please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full-time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition, for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references, and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check, and an occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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