Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 292-6403012-CSS
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 08:00
Employer heading
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Pharmacy Technician
Band 4
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
The Pharmacy team is looking for a registered Pharmacy Technician to join the department on a full-time, fixed term maternity leave cover for 9 months.
You'll be joining a friendly, patient-centred department and will assist in the provision of Pharmacy services to the Trust's hospitals, community clinics and external providers. In doing so you will also be supporting a number of teams within Pharmacy, including dispensary, medicines management and ward teams.
You will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills further through our development programme which includes accuracy checking, medicines management training and leadership training.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for identifying, selecting, dispensing and distributing drugs for inpatient and outpatient prescriptions, as well as pharmaceutical items including Controlled Drugs and extemporaneously prepared products to wards and departments throughout the Trust. You will also act as a point of contact for patients, their families, doctors and other healthcare staff seeking information on medicines.
This role is based at the PAH main site.
The general working pattern is 37.5 hours per week over a 7 day period, with usual working hours 9-5 Monday to Friday and will will include some late standby shifts, weekend and bank holiday working. Part time working would be considered.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 and BTEC or equivalent qualification in Pharmaceutical Science
- Ability to complete Regional Checking Accreditation
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Regional Checking Accreditation
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Hospital based experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Confident IT user
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
- Customer service skills
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah LeMar
- Job title
- Education, Training and Personnel Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279827056
- Additional information
Email address Available for informal calls or visits 9-1 mon-weds
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