Rotational Pharmacy Technician

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join their team. This position offers the chance to gain diverse experience in both clinical and technical services. Applicants are welcome from newly qualified technicians and those pending NVQ 3 qualification. The role includes contributions to a weekend pharmacy service and participation in training programs. Flexible working arrangements will be considered.

Qualifications

• Experience in a hospital or community pharmacy setting preferred.
• Newly qualified pharmacy technicians encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Gain experience across inpatient clinical and technical services.
• Provide training for final accuracy checking of prescriptions.
• Contribute to a seven-day pharmacy service including weekends.

Skills

Pharmacy technician skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Pending qualification/completion of NVQ 3 training

Job description

Overview

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

Are you a newly qualified or skilled and experienced Pharmacy technician, ready to take the next step in your career? If yes, we invite you to join our dynamic, innovative, and person-centred team delivering outstanding pharmacy services. Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. Mersey Care offers specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. We are currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Role and Responsibilities

• Rotational role giving opportunities to gain experience across inpatient clinical and technical services.
• Work in a supportive environment with training and skills development to support career progression.
• Provide training required to develop within the role, including final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions when trained.
• Participate in comprehensive in-house medicines reconciliation training; complete accurate drug histories and medicines reconciliation of patients' medication and assess medicines for usability at ward level.
• Contribute to the provision of a seven-day pharmacy service, including a rota for weekends and bank holidays.
• Engage with digital transformation initiatives within the department.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience of working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community pharmacy setting is preferred, but not essential.
• Applications welcome from newly qualified pharmacy technicians or from those who are due to qualify and join the GPhC register as a pharmacy technician.
• We invite applicants with pending qualification/completion of NVQ 3 training.

Additional Information

• At the heart of everything we do are our CARES values (continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm, support).
• As a Disability Confident Employer, a guaranteed interview scheme is available for applicants who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. Indicate this in the personal information section of the online application if you wish to be considered.
• If you require a reasonable adjustment to the recruitment process, email [email protected] to arrange support.
• We reserve the right to close vacancies once a minimum number of applications is reached.
• Post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children\'s & Young People services must subscribe to the DBS Update Service (fee may apply).
• Sponsored applicants may wish to assess sponsorship likelihood at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
• Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
• Note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more details. We are inviting applicants to interview and will accept applications from those with pending qualification/completion of NVQ 3 training. Please check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence; all information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs, not NHS Jobs. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

Additional Note

Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal prior identity information can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team after submitting the DBS application form.