Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the NHS is seeking registered pharmacy technicians for full-time roles. The position is part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team, requiring expertise in hospital pharmacy and effective communication with patients. Join a vital team committed to high-quality patient care and enjoy flexible shifts along with career development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible shifts

Learning & Development opportunities

Career progression

Wellbeing resources

Paid annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy post registration.
• Solid grounding in hospital pharmacy, especially medicines reconciliation.
• Able to effectively use various IT programmes.

Responsibilities

• Communicating effectively with patients and carers about medicines.
• Providing dispensary-based services to inpatients and outpatients.
• Supervising pharmacy support workers and junior staff.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

IT skills

Education

Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC

Job description

Wehave flexible bank shifts and long-term placement opportunities available for GPhCregistered pharmacy technicians at University Hospital Southampton NHSFoundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will join a team of specialist andgeneralist clinical pharmacists, medicines optimisation technicians andpharmacy assistants in delivering high quality, safe and effective care topatients and service users.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours) post for a Band 4pharmacy technician who will play an integral part of the medicinesoptimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and workingclosely within the multi-disciplinary team.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Have experience of working in ahospital pharmacy post registration.
• Communicating effectively withpatients and/or carers, giving appropriate advice to and counselling patientsand their representatives about how to use their medicines.
• Provide dispensary-based patientservices to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.
• Providing medicines management orother technical information to healthcare professionals both within andexternally to the trust to ensure continuity of care.
• Supervising day to day work ofpharmacy support workers and junior staff, allocating tasks when necessary tomeet workload demands.
• Responsible for the contributionto service improvement, evaluation and development.
• Responsible for the safe storageand supply of medicines.
• Carrying out any other duties asmay be required by the pharmacist or senior pharmacy technician in charge ofthe section.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• - Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC
• - Accurate dispensing of medicines *in hospital or community pharmacy*
• - This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy especially medicines reconciliation and medicines history taking
• - Attention to detail and accurate in work
• - Able to use a range information technology programmes effectively

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.