Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary And Ward

Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Oxford; Vor Ort; GBP 26.000 - 32.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support dispensing, wards and stores on the John Radcliffe Hospital site. The role includes training new staff, handling labelling, dispensing, and patient counselling, with weekend rota involvement.

You will work with electronic prescribing and a robotic system, ensuring accurate drug distribution and high service quality within the Trust’s compassionate care framework.

Qualifikationen

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician with NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, registered with GPhC.
• Comprehensive dispensary experience in hospital or community.
• Experience in training/supervision of staff.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team player aligned with Trust values.
• Experience with automated dispensing system.
• Able to adapt to change.
• Medicines Optimisation (MMT) accreditation.
• Strong time management and attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• Dispensing, labelling and checking duties in the dispensary.
• Support workload monitoring and KPI tracking.
• Provide co-ordinator support to the dispensary team.
• Assist in training and induction of new staff and trainees.
• Ward-based medicines reconciliation and one-stop ordering.
• Answer queries from service users and provide patient counselling.
• Support stores duties including stock management and deliveries.
• Work with electronic prescribing and robotic labelling/dispensing system.

Kenntnisse

Customer service

Communication skills

Team player

Time management

Organisation

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy services

GPhC registration

Tools

Automated dispensing system

Robotic dispensing system

Jobbeschreibung

The Pharmacy Technician role is varied, and requires flexibility in your approach to work, supporting both dispensary, stores and ward-based work on the John Radcliffe Hospital site. The successful applicant will be required to assist in the smooth running of the dispensary, providing co-ordinator support to the dispensary team together with our Senior Technicians, or in the absence of the Senior Technician, and at weekends. You will support the training and induction of new members of the team, pharmacy apprentices, trainee technicians and pharmacists working alongside you. This role includes labelling, dispensing and checking duties, monitoring of workload and our tracking screen to support our TTO KPI, patient counselling and much more! Ward based tasks will include assessing of patients own drugs, medicines reconciliation and one stop ordering. Excellent customer service skills are essential in this role as you will answer the phone, dealing with queries from our service users, and cover both staff and out-patient reception. Stores responsibilities include supporting ward and fluid top up services to clinical areas, receipting of deliveries and stock management processes. We are lucky to be supported by ever evolving technology, with electronic prescribing and a robot to support the labelling and dispensing of medications. The successful applicant will be trained in the full use of the robotic system on either site., This is a full-time position, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with working hours of 9:00-17:15, however flexible working options would also be considered. You will also be required to participate in weekend working on a 1:6 rota basis, bank holiday, early and late duty rotas as per rota. The post holders will support both our Dispensary and Clinical services and ensure that our patients receive the best care possible. This opportunity is ideal for those would like to gain hospital pharmacy experience. Applicants must hold the NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy services or equivalent recognised qualification, applicants must also be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification. Registered with GPhC
• Comprehensive dispensary experience and knowledge in either Hospital or Community
• Previous experience of training/supervision of other staff
• Enthusiastic and responsible attitude
• Good interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills with staff inside and outside of the department.
• Team player who is considerate to the needs and feelings of others in the Team and works to the Trust values.
• Able to acknowledge, appreciate and conform to change that occurs.
• Accredited for Medicines Optimisation work (MMT)
• Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and accurate in your work and with attention to detail.,
• Responsive to direction and constructive feedback.
• Accredited Checking Technician
• A role model that demonstrates a professional attitude at all times.
• Experience of using an automated dispensing system.

Desirable criteria

• Uses own initiative and can work alone.
• To be able to take part in the induction of new staff to the department as necessary. Play a key role in the Health and Safety of yourself and that of your working colleagues in the Department.
• Experience of pharmacy stores and distribution
• Patient counselling skills
• First aid trained
• Fire Marshall trained
• Completion of recognised Leadership Training programme, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.