SP219625 - Pharmacy Technician

NHS National Services Scotland; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Aberdeen is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to work within the ward technician team. The role involves supporting clinical pharmacists, conducting medicines reconciliation, and training junior technicians. Qualified applicants must be registered technicians with relevant experience. This position offers a dynamic work environment focused on patient care and team support.

Qualifications

• Registered technician with suitable relevant experience.
• Must have or be willing to undertake dispensary checking technician qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical pharmacists in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
• Involve in medicines reconciliation and ordering.
• Train and supervise less experienced technicians.

Skills

Registered pharmacy technician

Medicines reconciliation

Training and supervising staff

Education

Dispensary checking technician qualification

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Ward Services

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the ward technician team in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to provide support at a higher level to the clinical pharmacists as part of the pharmacy service within NHS Grampian.
• Involve medicines reconciliation, assessing and checking patients’ own supply, ordering and dealing with any queries of supply, and assisting in the organisation of prescriptions and supply for discharge.
• Work closely with the pharmacist and train and supervise less experienced technicians.

Qualifications

• Applications are invited from registered technicians with suitable relevant experience.
• A dispensary checking technician qualification is required and, if not already held, must be undertaken.

Informal enquiries

Informal enquires to Cady Mathieson, e-mail [e-mail] or bleep 4360.

Additional information for candidates

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.