Pharmacy Technician Band 4

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 days annual leave + bank/public

Eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Pharmacy Technician (Band 4) for a rotational, permanent position at 37.5 hours. The post involves dispensing, accuracy checking and ward-level medicines optimisation with opportunities to supervise trainees.

Applicants should be registered with the GPhC and hold Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services or equivalent. Flexibility for early evenings, weekends and bank holidays is required.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with post-qualification experience.
• Hold Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent.
• Be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and accuracy checking for in-patients, outpatients and discharge.
• Provide patient counselling and medicines optimisation at ward level.
• Assess patients’ own medicines at the bedside and process discharge prescriptions.
• Co-operate with pharmaceutical staff to develop dispensing and medicines distribution services.
• Supervise pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.

Skills

Dispensing accuracy

Patient counselling

Medicines optimisation

Ward-based medicines reconciliation

Team supervision

Education

Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate

General Pharmaceutical Council registration

Job description

Pharmacy Technician (Rotational) - Band 4 - 37.5 hours - Permanent

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 .

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

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.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• 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 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 actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Starr Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 922 6509