Pharmacy Technician

Site Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Town Stanmore Salary £31,081 - £33,665 per annum inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 14/02/2025 23:59
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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust.
Job overview This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our department as a Band 4 Pharmacy Technician. We are seeking a forward thinking and highly motivated Pharmacy Technician to deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service. There is huge scope for the successful applicant to develop on both a personal and professional level through exposure to all departmental activities.
The post holder will join a team of specialist and generalist clinical pharmacists, medicines optimisation technicians and pharmacy assistants in delivering high quality, safe and effective care to patients and service users. You will undertake a wide range of clinical pharmacy activities in addition to six monthly specialist rotations. These areas include and are not limited to: pre-operative assessment, spinal rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials, homecare, complex long-term bone and soft-tissue infection management as well as post-operative care and high dependency/critical care.
This is a full time role (37.5 hours) post for a Band 4 pharmacy technician who will play an integral part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and working closely within the multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job The post holder will be required to possess good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work effectively in busy environments both independently and within a team. Computer skills are essential. Ideally, the post holder should have previous NHS experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will:
Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post registration and undertake or be willing to work towards Medicines Optimisation training.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient focused care and ensure a timely supply of medicines, utilization of patients’ own medicines and medicines adherence training.
Participate in medicines optimisation, ward top-up and ward-based dispensing.
Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.
Complete or work towards working as an Accredited Pharmacy Checking Technician qualification.
Participate in the training of Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists and rotate through specialist work-streams.
Undertake a course in Education and Training to facilitate learning.
Have good IT knowledge and training experience on Pharmacy system.
The post holder must hold Level 3 BTEC and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Certificate or equivalent and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Person specification Qualifications NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification.
Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.
Mandatory professional CPD as defined by GPhC.
Completed or working towards Accredited Checking Technician.
Experience Experience of working in a pharmacy post qualification.
Working knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
Experience of working in hospital pharmacy post qualification.
Experience in delivering training.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Good ability to organise and prioritise work.
Experience of medicine counselling in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
Working knowledge of computer systems including Microsoft Word and Excel.
Able to work under pressure.
Able to work both alone and as part of a team.
Good personal organisation and time management skills.
Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda.
Electronic Prescribing knowledge.
A good knowledge of national and local priorities that directly affect Pharmacy.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and offer a range of flexible working practices. Part-time and job share applications will be considered.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.
Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Vishakha Patani Job title Chief Pharmacy Technician Email address Telephone number Additional information
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