Pharmacy Technician

Tameside Hospital; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 days annual leave

Free eye tests

Gym discount

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Tameside Hospital is inviting applications for a Registered Pharmacy Technician to join a busy hospital pharmacy team. The post involves dispensing and accuracy checking for in-patients, out-patients and discharge, plus medicines reconciliation and patient counselling to optimise therapy.

The role requires working across rotas including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, with some part-time daytime options. Applicants must be GPhC registered and hold a Level 3 BTEC/NVQ in Pharmacy Services.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Hospital pharmacy experience desirable.
• Experience training or mentoring staff is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Co-operate with pharmaceutical staff to provide dispensing and medicines distribution service.
• Act as Dispensary Team Leader when required.
• Train and mentor new and existing staff.
• Supervise pre-registration trainees and pharmacy assistants daily.
• Duties carried out under supervision of a pharmacist or senior technician.

Skills

Dispensing

Accuracy Checking

Patient counselling

Medicines reconciliation

Leadership

Mentoring staff

Education

Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services

Job description

The initial banding of the postholder will depend on past experience and/or completion of a conversion competency document. Duties will include: - Dispensing and Accuracy Checking for In-patients, Outpatients and Discharge. - Patient counselling, - Medicines optimisation at ward level including medicines reconciliation; assessing patients' own medicines at the bedside and processing patient discharge prescriptions - Aseptic Outsourcing duties The post will require participation in rotas that extend into early evenings, weekends and bank holidays and those seeking part-time employment during the daytime, evening and / or weekend will be considered.

• To co-operate with all pharmaceutical staff in providing and developing the technical aspects of the pharmaceutical service including a comprehensive dispensing and medicines distribution service to out-patients and in-patients on all wards and departments throughout the Trust.
• To act as Dispensary Team Leader when required.
• To train and mentor new and existing staff undertaking in-house or external training/qualifications
• To supervise pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants on a day to day basis
• Duties are carried out under the control or direct supervision of a pharmacist or where appropriate Principal or Chief Technician.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, Registered Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable post qualification experience, who wants to make a real difference to patient care, to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our services and continuing to extend the technician role.

Applicants should hold a Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician or equivalent.

Experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician is desirable but not essential.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.