Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Rampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the ward-based team at Rampton Hospital. You will work with clinical pharmacists to provide a quality medicines management service across wards, supporting medicines optimisation.

You will help train staff, participate in regular dispensary activities, and contribute to medicines reconciliation and patient counselling. Applicants may be required to register with the GPhC and travel to multiple sites within

Qualifications

• NHS hospital experience is essential.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Experience leading or delivering a service/project.
• Stock control experience.

Responsibilities

• Medicines reconciliation.
• Assessing suitability of patients' own drugs.
• Ordering named patient medication.
• Counselling patients about their medicines.
• Co-ordinating discharge medicines.
• Supporting audits and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Judgment on prescriptions

Organising self

Priorities & planning

Policy & SOP implementation

Computer skills for dispensing

Analyse prescriptions

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

GPhC registration

GPhC approved Level 3 qualification in Pharmaceutical Science

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our ward based team at Rampton Hospital. Working closely with our clinical pharmacists and other healthcare professionals the successful candidate will help provide a quality medicines management service to wards across the Trust, supporting medicines optimisation.

Main duties of the job

• Medicines reconciliation
• Assessing the suitability of patients' own drugs for use
• Ordering named patient medication
• Counselling patients about their medicines
• Co-ordinating supply of discharge medicines
• Supporting audit and quality improvement initiatives.

The post holder will be required to help support the training and staff development of a range of staff including pre-registration pharmacy technicians, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists. There will be regular dispensary slots which will include final accuracy checking.

Please note:

While this role meets the current eligibility criteria for visa sponsorship. Sponsorship is only available for full-time positions. Part‑time roles will not meet the minimum salary threshold required for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who require a Skilled Worker Visa can assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria on the UK Government website.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment

Job responsibilities

There is a requirement to work across the organisation, with a base at Rampton Hospital. Specialities covered will include Adult Mental Health, Mental Health for Older People, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Community Healthcare.

You should have previously worked in a hospital pharmacy with experience in a mental health setting desirable but not essential.

Applications from candidates expected to register with the GPhC in the next few months will be considered.

Full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies

Qualifications

Essential

• GPhC approved Level 3 qualification in Pharmaceutical Science
• Registration Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

Essential

• Previous varied NHS hospital experience at AFC band 4 or above
• Evidence of ongoing training and personal development.
• Evidence of leading and/or responsible for delivering a service/function/project or development
• Effective stock control

Desirable

• Previous experience using pharmacy computer systems (CMM)
• Named patient ordering
• Medicines reconciliation
• Checking technician or working towards accreditation
• Experience of patient counselling

Skills

Essential

• Leadership
• Judgment on prescriptions & request of Medicines
• Judgment on when to refer to pharmacist or senior colleague
• Organising Self to deliver required work on time
• Priorities & planning
• Policy & SOP implementation & contribution to development
• Computer skills for dispensing, stock control & general document generation
• Analyse, interpret, label & dispense from prescriptions and provides safe, effective and timely service to wards and clinics and patients.
• Accuracy and attention to details
• Pharmacy stock control experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Good written and communication skills.
• Work effectively as a team or alone.

Values and Behaviour

Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Training

Essential

• To undertake training in relation to departmental procedures.
• Must successfully complete in‑house training and have experience of prescription interpretation, labelling and dispensing within defined timeframes.

Desirable

• Trained to undertake final accuracy checking or working towards accreditation.
• Trained in medicines management / medicines optimisation schemes such as medicines reconciliation

Knowledge

Essential

• GPhC registration
• Up to date evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Medicines used in mental health.
• Mental Health pharmacy priorities to meet the need of this specific patient population.

Contractual Requirements

• A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to travel and work across different Trust locations from a specified base to support provision of pharmacy services.

Physical Requirements

• Able to stand / walk for substantial periods of the working day.
• Able to lift and manoeuvre light loads.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).