Pharmacy Technician

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) seeks qualified or soon-to-qualify pharmacy technicians to join the acute hospital pharmacy team at Colchester Hospital. The role spans dispensaries (inpatient, oncology and outpatient) and ward-level clinical duties, with a focus on patient-centred medicines management.

You will work as part of a flexible, multidisciplinary team, following procedures and contributing to safe medication handling.

Qualifications

• Qualified, registered pharmacy technician or due to qualify this year.
• Ability to work flexibly, be a team player and adapt to change.
• Ability to follow written procedures and work under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and train other pharmacy department colleagues.
• Provide dispensing, counselling and near patient services in various dispensaries including inpatient, oncology and outpatient dispensaries.
• Act as an Accredited Checking Technician performing checking duties within the dispensary and recording dispensing errors using the local error reporting system.
• Work clinically on a rotational basis at ward level, delivering patient-centred medicines management and pharmaceutical care.
• Minimise medicines-related risk and ensure medication safety in line with local and national guidance.
• Support senior pharmacy colleagues to highlight dispensary or ward issues to appropriate staff.
• Develop leadership skills by undertaking a team leader role.

Job description

Have you got the enthusiasm and passion to take the next step in your career in an acute hospital pharmacy department?

We are looking for qualified, registered pharmacy technicians or those due to qualify this year, who wish to develop clinically in a patient focused role with opportunity to work within dispensaries (oncology, outpatients and in-patients) and at ward level at Colchester Hospital.

To provide a high quality service to our patients you will be a team player with the ability to work flexibly, react positively to change and know the limitations of the role. You will communicate effectively with patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. You must be able to follow written procedures, work under supervision and complete tasks accurately to set deadlines.

This post is fixed term to cover maternity leave until 19th October 2027. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only, this will need to be discussed with your line manager.

As Part Of Your Role You Will

• Participate in providing supervision and training to other pharmacy department colleagues.
• Provide dispensing, counselling and near patient services in various dispensaries including the inpatient, oncology and outpatient dispensaries.
• Be an Accredited Checking Technician undertaking checking duties within the dispensary and recording dispensing errors using the right first time error reporting system.
• Work clinically on a rotational basis at ward level, providing a patient centred approach to medicines management and taking responsibility for the pharmaceutical care of patients.
• Minimise medicines-associated risk and ensure medication safety in accordance with local and national guidance.
• Proactively support senior pharmacy colleagues to ensure that all relevant dispensary or ward issues are highlighted to all appropriate departmental staff.
• Be given the opportunity to develop your leadership skills by undertaking a team leader role

Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and within patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Sharp Job title: Chief Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01206 745985