Senior Pharmacy Technician

Epson and Stelier University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Senior Technician to join their Clinical and Patient Services team. The role demands post qualification experience in a hospital setting, effective communication, and supervisory skills. The successful candidate will provide patient counselling and ensure the highest standards of pharmaceutical care, all while managing stock and workload effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience as a MMT in the NHS.
• Post qualification hospital experience required.
• Registered with GPhC.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff and patient counselling.
• Dispense medications and ensure effective stock management.
• Organise own and team workloads.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Education

BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician

Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualification hospital experience
• Experience in supervision of staff
• Patient counselling
• Effective communication skills, verbal and written
• Proven organisational skills
• Competent in all areas of dispensing practice.

Desirable criteria

• Experience with the CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system
• Understanding of and participation in data collection for KPIs and audit
• Dispensing/supply of clinical trials

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to organise own workload and that of others
• Computer literate for dispensing and stock keeping/issue purposes
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
• Ability to identify and solve problems

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate.
• Experience as MMT in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• NVQ Practice and/or Educational Supervisor

Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: [phone]

Text: 07501066267

Email: [e-mail].

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Senior Technician, Clinical and Patient Services (PDF, 461.3KB)
• DBS Policy (PDF, 101.1KB)
• We're here to care (DOC, 39.0KB)
• JD supplementary information (PDF, 151.9KB)