Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Hertford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hertford is seeking a Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician to join their dynamic hospital pharmacy team. This role provides an opportunity for newly qualified technicians and those with retail pharmacy experience. Responsibilities include dispensing prescriptions, providing pharmacy support, and managing chemotherapy orders. The successful candidate will receive on-the-job training and work in a supportive environment focused on patient-centered care.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Positive work life balance

Qualifications

• Newly qualified accuracy checking technicians welcome.
• Retail pharmacy background considered.
• Opportunities for on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and checking in-patient prescriptions.
• Providing professional technical pharmacy support.
• Participating in drug purchasing and distribution activities.
• Managing the Chemotherapy desk and orders.
• Conducting stock control activities.

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This role could be ideal for newly qualified accuracy checking technicians who want to work in a busy and dynamic hospital pharmacy. Applicants with a retail pharmacy background are welcome to apply for this post as on the job training will be provided for all aspects of the role. Any new qualified technicians without an Accuracy Checking qualification or NVQ3 will be considered for this post and a Band 4 to Band 5 developmental plan will be offered.

Main duties

• The post holder will be responsible for dispensing and checking of in-patient prescriptions and systemic anti-cancer treatment.
• You will provide routine technical pharmacy support in a professional manner which supports a high quality, patient orientated service.
• The successful candidate will participate in the purchasing of drugs and drug distribution activities.
• You will be responsible for running of the Chemotherapy desk and dispatching of chemotherapy orders to wards and day units in a timely manner.
• You will also partake in stock control activities such as expiry date checking, stock counting and replenishing the emergency cupboard, fulfilling to-follows, conducting expiry date checks and replenishing emergency boxes as required.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.