Business Services Pharmacy Technician

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Knowsley seeks a Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy Procurement Team.

You will assist in purchasing, reporting via JAC, training colleagues, and supporting audit and trainee supervision. The role requires good communication and accuracy in a busy dispensary environment, contributing to Five Star Patient Care across our trust.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Procurement Team.

Responsibilities

• Assist Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist in efficient purchasing of pharmaceuticals and Homecare.
• Assist Systems and Purchasing Administrator in developing and delivering training to Pharmacy colleagues and other Trust healthcare professionals.
• Assist in developing reports from the JAC computer system and the administration of the JAC system.
• Assist in the supervision and education of trainees in Purchasing and Homecare.
• Assist the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist with auditing the service.
• Act as an Accredited Checking Technician within the dispensary at Whiston hospital on a pre-determined rota.
• Participate in the department rota to ensure a pharmacy service is provided efficiently over 7 days

Skills

Good communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

JAC computer system

Job description

• To assist the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist in the provision and development of the efficient purchasing of pharmaceuticals and Homecare service.
• To assist the Systems and Purchasing Administrator manager to develop and deliver training to Pharmacy colleagues and other Trust healthcare professionals.
• To assist the Systems Manager and Purchasing Administrator in developing reports from the JAC computer system and the administration of the JAC system.
• To assist in the supervision and education of trainees in Purchasing and Homecare.
• To assist the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist with auditing the service.
• To act as an Accredited Checking Technician within the dispensary at Whiston hospital on a pre-determined rota.

• To participate in the department rota to ensure a pharmacy service is provided efficiently over 7 days

  We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Procurement Team. You should have good communication skills and be able to work accurately within a busy Pharmacy setting.

  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme