Specialist Pharmacy Technician

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Band 5 pharmacy technician and be part of a dynamic team dedicated to providing exceptional pharmacy services. This role involves working closely with clinical teams to ensure high-quality patient care through effective medication management. You will have the opportunity to contribute to ward-based clinical pharmacy services and support operational needs, including out-of-hours services. This position offers flexibility and the chance to work in a vibrant healthcare environment that values your skills and dedication. If you are passionate about pharmacy and patient care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC.
• Experience delivering ward pharmacy technician services.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering comprehensive pharmacy services.
• Provide operational support to the pharmacy department.

Skills

Pharmacy practice skills

Patient counseling

Medicines reconciliation

IT skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Medicine Management Accreditation

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Band 5 pharmacy technicians to join our trust bank team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be working on wards alongside various clinical teams ward to assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This role may involve contributing to our out-of-hours service working in the evenings and on weekends.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This includes ward-based clinical pharmacy services, working to specific clinical objectives depending on the focus of the service and patient cohort, with the possibility of contributing to the out-of-hours service in the evenings or at weekends.

About us

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification documents for detailed information on the role and its requirements.

***Please note - this advert is to grow our pool of temporary staffonly. As part of this recruitment process, we will interview those individuals who have been successful in submitting an application after shortlisting, and then support their application to join our Staff Bank. We will contact individuals as and when roles become available in the department***

Person Specification

Education / Qualification

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
• Medicine Management Accreditation or equivalent.

Core experience

• Demonstration competence of pharmacy practice skills and knowledge
• Previous experience of delivering ward pharmacy technician services, including medicines reconciliation to a specialist clinical area
• Previous experience of delivering induction and competency-based training
• Previous experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
• Previous experience of project work/audit/change management

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards
• Demonstrated ability to counsel and give advice to patients on their medications
• Demonstrated ability to accurately judge and assess patient's own medication
• Demonstrated ability to accurately record patient medicine reconciliation
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency-based training assessment
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
• Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
• Demonstrated IT skills including: oEmail oWord processing oSpreadsheets oAccurate data entry oUnderstanding of financial instructions as indicated in the job description
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS
• Mandatory professional CPD as defined by General Pharmaceutical Council
• Demonstrated ability to write procedures or SOP's
• Demonstrated ability to manage performance

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's and St Thomas' sites

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£18.80 to £35.06 an hourHourly range dependant on day of week and pension contribution

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working,Compressed hours,Term time hours,Annualised hours

Reference number

Job locations

Guy's and St Thomas' sites

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust