Rotational Pharmacy Technician

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting newly qualified and community-based Pharmacy Technicians to join our supportive and innovative team delivering excellent hospital pharmacy services. The role involves dispensing for in-patients, ED and trials, with rotation across ward, dispensary and aseptic services.

We welcome preregistration technicians nearing qualification or those seeking their first hospital pharmacy role.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC is required.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and high standards of service.
• Dispensing of drugs (including controlled drugs) and clinical trials support in hospital settings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out dispensing of drugs for in-patients, ED and trials under supervision.
• Support aseptic, ward and dispensary services as part of rotation.
• Contribute to providing an excellent standard of pharmacy service across hospital sites.

Skills

GPhC registration

Pharmacy operations

Community-based care

Education

Pharmacy Technician qualification

Pre-registration training

Job description

Calling all newly qualified & community-based Pharmacy Technicians!

We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive, innovative and friendly pharmacy team in the provision of excellent hospital pharmacy services.

This post will be of interest to Preregistration Pharmacy Technicians nearing qualification & registration or Pharmacy Technicians looking to take their first step into hospital pharmacy from other sectors.

We offer rotation through a range of pharmacy service areas, including the clinical & technical ward service, dispensary services & aseptic services, and have a great track record of developing our team through our commitment to ongoing training and our comprehensive STEP programme (see Career Pathways attachment below).

Successful candidates will hold current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC, or will be due to register in the near future. You will have a commitment to your continued professional development and the provision of an excellent standard of pharmacy service.

To carry out dispensing of drugs (including controlled drugs), medicated dressings, enteral feeds, in-patients and A&E prescriptions and clinical trial prescriptions.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Colin Foy Job title: Pharmacy Operations Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01926495321

Tel: [phone] ext. 8914