Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient Wards & Dispensary)

BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Reading is seeking a qualified Pharmacy Technician to join their team. The candidate will deliver high-quality pharmacy services across multiple sites in Berkshire, including completing accuracy checks and supporting patients with their medications. Working hours are Monday to Friday with no night shifts or weekends. The trust offers a supportive and inclusive work environment, competitive benefits, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

27 days' annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Flexible working options

Access to wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at popular retailers

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience in delivering effective pharmacy services required.
• Ability to support Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians.

Responsibilities

• Deliver fast and effective pharmacy services to the wards.
• Complete accuracy checking sessions.
• Support patients with their medications.
• Work with clozapine clinic teams.

Skills

Pharmacy Technician qualifications

Accuracy checking

Patient support and outcomes

Medicines reconciliation

Education

Certified Pharmacy Technician

Job description

If you are a qualified Pharmacy Technician looking for a rewarding and challenging role, come and join our CQC rated 'Outstanding' Trust. We currently have an opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our team. You will deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service to our community health and mental health services across all our sites in Berkshire. We are a small friendly team, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading where our dispensary is located. You will have the opportunity to work at our community hospitals across Berkshire including Slough, Newbury, Wokingham, Maidenhead and Reading, as well as on the mental health wards at Prospect Park hospital. Our working hours are currently 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday with you also working a late shift in the dispensary on a rota basis, which means no nights or weekends. We offer free parking on site., This is a joint role,with time spent both inthe dispensary andourwards:

Responsibilities

• Deliveringafast and effective pharmacy services to the wards and departments
• Completing accuracy checking session(s)
• Providingan admission,supplyand discharge service to nominated wards.
• Checking Patients' Own Drugs (PODs).
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation.
• Supporting patients to ensure that they get the best possible outcomes from theirmedicines.
• Providing a ward top-up service.
• Working withthe clozapine clinic team to ensure medicines are ready for theTrust wide clinics.
• Developingskills and knowledge as part of a commitment to CPDand Clinical Supervision
• Providingsupport to Pre-registration Pharmacy Techniciansand support workerswhile they undertake theirlearning.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites