Rotational Senior Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Pharmacy Technician at Royal Berkshire Hospital. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide high-quality pharmacy services across various departments, working with a dedicated team to optimize patient care. Ideal for current trainees completing their qualifications, with on-the-job training provided.

Qualifications

• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in Acute UK hospital/Community Pharmacy/CCG/GP practice/HMP.

Responsibilities

• Provide pharmacy services in the Dispensary, Stores, and at Ward Level.
• Conduct Clinical Checks and Counselling patients with their medicines.

Skills

Stock control

Team leadership

Audit/project work

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Accredited Checking Technician

Job description

Current trainee pharmacy technicians can apply.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, Pharmacy Technician to join our busy, friendly pharmacy team at Royal Berkshire Hospital. The role will be to assist the department in the provision of a high-quality pharmacy service to our patients. This exciting rotational post will give you an opportunity to work in the pharmacy dispensary, pharmacy stores and on the wards.

The successful candidate must have the necessary qualifications for this post. On-the-job training will be provided.

We welcome applications from Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians who are completing their course within the coming months.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Pharmacy team to provide an effective pharmacy service in the Pharmacy Dispensary, Pharmacy Stores and at Ward Level contributing to the efficient provision of Medicines Optimisation within RBFT as part of a multidisciplinary team.

To work, as an Accredited Checking Technician, Medicine Management Technician, completing Clinical Checks and Counselling patients with their medicines.

About us

We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, play, and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

• Post qualification Pharmacy experience in Acute UK hospital/Community Pharmacy/CCG/GP practice/HMP
• Experience of stock control
• Experience of leading or supervising a team
• Experience of undertaking audit/project work

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician through membership with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent
• Accredited Checking Technician or willing to work towards it

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.