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Apprentice Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician - Venture House

We are looking for four Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians to join the Pharmacy services within Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust. This will be based at Central/Summerhill Pharmacy based in Erdington with a rotation to our Pharmacy at HMP Birmingham, Winson Green and Reaside Clinic in Rubery. This post is a full time fixed term contract for 2 years.

The salary for this training post is 70% of the top of a band 4 scale in the first year and 75% in second year. You will receive 27 days annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays, and normal working hours are 37.5 hours per week with one late night per week (subject to change).

The training is based at Central/Summerhill Pharmacies in Erdington, Reaside Clinic in Rubery and HMP Birmingham, with attendance at Birmingham Metropolitan College one day per week and will be commencing in September 2024 to complete the BTEC level 3 diploma in the principles and practice for pharmacy technicians’ qualification.

The successful candidate will work within mental health services, prison services and secure care services whilst in training, completing a wide range of experiences including dispensing of prescriptions, stores, procurement and medicines optimisation.

The successful candidates will need to ensure that they meet all the essential criteria within the person specification.

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside a variety of pharmacy professionals and be supported to obtain and demonstrate competencies in dispensary, stores and procurement duties as well as ward based activities such as stock top ups, individual patient medication ordering and medicines reconciliation. 

Pharmacy Technicians are vital members of today’s healthcare team and make significant contributions to the supply of medicines to patients as well as medicines management across healthcare organisations. The role is becoming more varied and complex as medicines become increasingly sophisticated. Career opportunities for a pharmacy technician post qualification include, medicines management roles, manufacturing, quality control, staff training, information technology, supplies procurement, clinical trials or medicines information services and managing sections of the pharmacy department.

You will study to achieve the BTEC level 3 diploma in the principles and practice for pharmacy technicians. This qualification is required to enable you to qualify and apply for registration to practice as a Pharmacy Technician. Training and support will be provided by work based assessors and college tutors during your training.

Working for our organisation

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.  Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year.  We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.  If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.

If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The subscription will cost you £13 a year but the Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 1. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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