Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Leicester seeks a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician for a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours/week). Responsibilities include dispensing medications, accuracy checking prescriptions, and supporting patient counselling. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented and have excellent communication skills. Competitive benefits and a commitment to equal opportunities highlighted.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, motivated individual to join a Pharmacy team.
• Ability to work accurately and proactively.
• Team player with a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing medications according to standard procedures.
• Participating in medicines management services.
• Accuracy checking prescriptions in a technician-led dispensary.
• Supporting patient counselling and compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Computer skills

Job description

Overview

We have a permanent position available for 37.5 hours per week as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing inpatient, outpatient, clinical trial and controlled drug prescriptions according to standard operating procedures.
• Using the Pharmacy computer system to produce dispensing labels and to make stock issues, receipt and transfers.
• Participate in the medicines management service including patients own drug schemes, assessing the availability and suitability of medicines, drug histories.
• Participate in the clozapine service.
• Accuracy checking prescriptions in a technician-led dispensary.
• Actively supporting patient counselling and compliance.
• Providing support to wards using the Trusts ePrescribing System.
• Supporting the day to day running of the dispensary workflow, troubleshooting queries and signposting accordingly.
• You are required to work your weekly contracted hours between Monday to Friday as per the needs of the service and ad-hoc weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Requirements / Skills

• Enthusiastic, motivated individual with an eye for detail to join a well-established Pharmacy team.
• Good computer skills, ability to work accurately, excellent communication skills and a proactive approach.
• Ability to work as part of a team, work in an organised manner, and a willingness to learn.

About Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.