Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 5 Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to join their team at Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The role involves clinical work at ward level and in the Pharmacy Department, ensuring safe and effective pharmaceutical services for patients. Candidates must be registered with the GPhC and hold an accredited checking qualification. NHS benefits include competitive salary, generous annual leave, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Generous Annual Leave

Learning & Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
• Accredited checking qualification and medicine reconciliation trained.
• Relevant experience in hospital Pharmacy or other Pharmacy setting.

Responsibilities

• Support timely discharge of patients and assess suitability of drugs.
• Provide specialist pharmaceutical services including audit and medicines reconciliation.
• Dispense all types of medication/prescriptions for patient use.

Skills

Good manual skills

Analytical dispensing skills

Communication skills

Teaching skills

Computer skills

Education

Recognised pharmacy technician qualification

NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent

Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Accredited checking qualification

GCP accreditation

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Technician Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time available) Job ref 331-L16880525

Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Lancaster Infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 03/06/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 5

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Medicines Management Pharmacy Team at Royal Lancaster Infirmary as a Band 5 Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician working clinically at ward level and in the Pharmacy Department.

The successful candidate will be registered with the GPhC and will hold an Accredited checking qualification.

Main duties of the job

To support the timely discharge of patients, assessing patients own drugs are suitable for use, provide specialist pharmaceutical services at an advanced level in specialist areas including audit, final accuracy checking and medicines reconciliation and support a busy pharmacy, dispensing of all types of medication/prescriptions for patient use.

To provide safe, timely, cost effective appropriate and high quality
pharmaceutical services for patients and staff.

To apply for this post, you will be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC, be a qualified Accredited checking Technician and medicine reconciliation trained.

NHS Benefits Include:

• Competitive Salary:Pay and benefits in line with Agenda for Change Band 6/7 salary scales.
• Generous Annual Leave:27 days plus 8 public holidays, increasing with service.
• Learning & Development: Opportunities for training, career progression, and further education, with full support for continuous professional development.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals -the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

The RLI and FGH have a range of General Hospital services, with busy Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• Recognised pharmacy technician qualification
• NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent
• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accredited checking qualification and registration with Northwest framework (equiv to NVQ level 4)
• GCP accreditation
• Assessor Award

Experience

• Relevant experience in hospital Pharmacy or other Pharmacy setting
• Experience in dispensing medications, drugs receipt, record keeping and cold chain maintenance
• Experience of hospital pharmacy and aseptics
• Experience with clinical Audit and data analysis
• Experience in specialist

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Working knowledge of pharmacy procedures, practices and legislation including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Good manual, accuracy and analytical dispensing skills
• Working knowledge of training requirements for technical / support posts
• Ability to motivate self and others and lead a team
• Ability to talk to / communicate with patients, carers and healthcare professionals clearly
• Good influencing and teaching skills
• Computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft word and skills for dispensing and record keeping
• Further computing skills e.g. presentations and spreadsheets

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.