Pre Registration Pharmacy Technician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Kettering; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is offering a 24-month pre-registration position in the Pharmacy Department, leading to registration as a Pharmacy Technician. The post-holder will rotate across the department, dispensing and final-checking prescriptions, including controlled drugs and cytotoxics, and counselling patients in the department and on wards.

The post is full-time in a busy hospital, with coursework to manage alongside it.

Qualifications

• Five GCSEs at grade C or above, or equivalent, including maths, English Language and Biology and/or Chemistry
• Able to register with the pharmacy regulator as a Registered Pharmacy Technician once mandatory qualifications are achieved
• Understanding of the role of a pharmacy technician
• Able to work to procedures
• Excellent problem-solving skills and methodical, accurate working
• Attention to detail
• Committed to the Excellence values, particularly empowerment, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Flexible and adaptable to the requirements of the job description
• Able to manage own time to complete coursework while working full time in a busy hospital department
• Nice to have: Full NVQ2 in pharmacy services or equivalent
• Nice to have: A-level science
• Nice to have: Experience working in retail or hospital pharmacy
• Nice to have: Experience of rotation across different areas of pharmacy
• Nice to have: Confidence with IT platforms
• Nice to have: Multidisciplinary team communication skills
• Nice to have: Interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• Nice to have: Able to work alone and as part of a team

Responsibilities

• Rotate through the pharmacy department to build skills across its areas
• Dispense and final accuracy check all prescribed medicines, including controlled drugs and oral cytotoxics, under safe systems of work
• Carry out medicines management tasks, including obtaining medication histories and assessing patients' own supplies
• Counsel patients and carers on their medication in the department and at ward level
• Work with the pharmacy team and multidisciplinary teams to provide safe medicines management
• Advise staff, members of the public and patients on the use and side effects of medicines
• Advise healthcare professionals on the safe storage and handling of drugs
• Complete and maintain records of medicine supply in line with departmental procedures and legal requirements
• Work on pharmacy reception: serve patients, receive prescriptions, take payments and manage the initial receipt of work
• Communicate politely and efficiently with staff and patients face to face, by phone or electronically

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Work to procedures

Communication with multidisciplinary团队

Interpersonal negotiations

Education

GCSEs incl maths English Biology/Chemistry

A-level science

NVQ2 in pharmacy services or equivalent

Job description

A 24-month pre-registration post in the pharmacy department at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, leading to registration as a pharmacy technician. The post-holder rotates across the department, dispensing and final-checking prescriptions including controlled drugs and oral cytotoxics, and counselling patients in the department and on wards. It is full-time work in a busy hospital, with coursework to be managed alongside it. Candidates must be able to register with the pharmacy regulator once the mandatory qualifications are achieved.

What the job involves

• Rotate through the pharmacy department to build skills across its areas
• Dispense and final accuracy check all prescribed medicines, including controlled drugs and oral cytotoxics, under safe systems of work
• Carry out medicines management tasks, including obtaining medication histories and assessing patients' own supplies
• Counsel patients and carers on their medication in the department and at ward level
• Work with the pharmacy team and multidisciplinary teams to provide safe medicines management
• Advise staff, members of the public and patients on the use and side effects of medicines
• Advise healthcare professionals on the safe storage and handling of drugs
• Complete and maintain records of medicine supply in line with departmental procedures and legal requirements
• Work on pharmacy reception: serve patients, receive prescriptions, take payments and manage the initial receipt of work
• Communicate politely and efficiently with staff and patients face to face, by phone or electronically

What’s required

Qualifications

• Five GCSEs at grade C or above, or equivalent, including maths, English Language and Biology and/or Chemistry

Registration & licences

• Able to register with the pharmacy regulator as a Registered Pharmacy Technician once mandatory qualifications are achieved

Experience

• Understanding of the role of a pharmacy technician

Skills & knowledge

• Able to work to procedures
• Excellent problem-solving skills and methodical, accurate working
• Attention to detail

Other

• Committed to the Excellence values, particularly empowerment, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Flexible and adaptable to the requirements of the job description
• Able to manage own time to complete coursework while working full time in a busy hospital department

Nice to have

• Full NVQ2 in pharmacy services or equivalent
• A-level science
• Experience working in retail or hospital pharmacy
• Experience of rotation across different areas of pharmacy
• Confidence with a range of IT platforms
• Communicates effectively with a multidisciplinary team, verbally and in writing
• Interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills
• Able to work alone and as part of a team