Band 5 Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

Bank Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Greater London seeks an experienced Band 5 Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician to manage dispensary operations. This role includes supervising staff, ensuring accurate prescription dispensing, and maintaining efficient stock control. The ideal candidate will have GPhC registration and recent experience in a pharmacy setting, especially in an acute hospital. Benefits include flexible working hours, weekly salary, and pension contributions.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Weekly salary

NHS pension contributions

Priority of shifts over agency

Competitive pay

Qualifications

• Must possess GPhC registration.
• Recent experience in dispensing and pharmacy settings is essential.
• Experience in an acute hospital environment is required.

Responsibilities

• Support management of the dispensary, organizing workload and supervising staff.
• Maintain stock control and ensure efficient resource usage.
• Dispense prescriptions accurately and manage daily dispensary tasks.
• Conduct staff training and manage workflow to achieve KPI targets.

Skills

GPhC Registration

Experience in dispensing

Acute hospital experience

Job description

Whittington Health NHS Trust are searching for an experienced and passionate Band 5 Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician to join their highly skilled team.

Whittington Health NHS Trust provides a wide range of health and care services. From maternity, through children’s mental and physical healthcare, health visitors, community and school nursing and therapists, urgent and emergency, cancer care, dental services, elective care, all the way to end of life care: we support patients, families and local communities in community health centres, GP clinics, dental practices across North Central London and beyond, at our hospital in Archway, and in patients’ own homes.

Job Summary

The post holder will support the Dispensary Manager and the Deputy Dispensary Manager with the day-to-day management of the dispensary, including organisation of workload and supervision of all staff in the dispensary.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To organise the provision of all dispensary-based services, including inpatients, Clinics, and controlled drugs to agreed performance targets with guidance and support from the dispensary manager/patient services manager.
• To deputise for the Dispensary Manager or deputy in their absence, taking responsibility the smooth running of the dispensary and resolving problems as they arise.
• To assist the Dispensary Manager and the Deputy Dispensary Manager with good stock control in dispensary, ensuring the efficient use of all resources, keeping waste to a minimum and encouraging the re-use of medicines when appropriate.
• To cover, where appropriate, the duties of the senior dispensary staff in their absence.
• To accurately dispense prescriptions.
• To answer queries, both on the telephone and in person, with medical, nursing staff and patients and seek help from a pharmacist when necessary.
• To investigate stock level discrepancies within the dispensary in line with current procedures.
• To ensure the daily workload for the dispensary is completed.
• To organise and conduct dispensary induction and training for staff whenever necessary.
• To manage dispensary workflow and ensuring dispensary Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets are achieved.
• To investigate and report dispensary incidents.
• To ensure smooth and efficient running of dispensary services, working with the Dispensary Manager and the Deputy Dispensary Manager.
• To ensure safe management of Controlled Drugs in the dispensary.
• To provide constructive feedback when informing dispensers that they have made mistakes during dispensing.
• To report near-misses as per the procedure.
• To ensure that your knowledge is up to date by reading all pharmacy procedures relevant to the accuracy checking of dispensed medicines and the ACPT Policy.
• To Contribute to the quality management of dispensing by suggesting improvements to practice and procedures.

Requirements

• GPhC Registration.
• Experience working in a pharmacy setting, typically with significant, recent experience in dispensing.
• Acute hospital experience.

We are so grateful for the commitment and devotion of our Bank Staff, so are pleased to offer the following benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Weekly salary
• Staffing Bank workers can contribute to their NHS pension
• Priority of shifts over all agency workers
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.