Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 31,000; Part time

Job description

Pharmacy Technician
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital | Pharmacy | Permanent | Part time | Up to £30,750 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience
17 hours per week

Main duties of the job

Working closely with our Pharmacist, as a Pharmacy Technician, you will have defined responsibilities including providing in house pharmacy services, procurement, distribution, stock taking and the replenishment of pharmacy items to wards and departments, evaluation, final accuracy checks and dispensing.

About us

Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital is central Cambridge's premium private hospital, boasting an Outstanding CQC score and offering a full range of medical and surgical specialties. With expertise in Cancer care and Cancer surgery, Orthopaedic surgery (including robotic surgery), Neurosurgery, Cardiology as well as specialist Paediatric services. Backed by the latest diagnostic imaging facilities including wide bore MRI and CT scanning, we offer immediate assessment and expert diagnosis. Hospital facilities include 3 state of the art digital theatres, 32 beds, Surgical Day Case theatre/endoscopy suite, Surgical Day PODs, private consultation rooms, close monitoring units, Chemotherapy suite, on-site registered pharmacy, Diagnostic scanning unit and a Pathology laboratory.

Job responsibilities

Build a brighter future while you're helping us build a healthier nation. At Nuffield Health, our approach is to fully integrate medicines into a personalised pathway of patient care. That means you'll benefit from a way of working that allows you to do the best job you can. It starts with you.

The person

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team at our Cambridge Hospital. To succeed as a Pharmacy Technician, you will:

• Have an NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy service or equivalent.
• Be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Society.
• Work as part of our team to deliver a high quality pharmacy service to wards and departments where patient experience and safety is at the heart of everything we do.
• Have experience either within a hospital or community pharmacy.
• Be required to have good IT, literacy, numeracy and communication skills.
• Oncology experience is desirable.

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.