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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: Weekend and bank holiday requirements
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Weekend rota and bank holidays)
Job ref
275-2411SCPA-1
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/11/2024 23:59

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Senior Clinical Pharmacy Assistant

Band 3

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Senior Clinical Pharmacy Assistant - Ward Based Clinical Pharmacy 

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group:  Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 3 

Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum/pro rata

Interview date: Week Commencing 2nd December 2024

We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Assistant who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic senior pharmacy assistant. To join our trust clinical pharmacy team. The post includes the provision of clinical ward based services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior pharmacy assistant to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to  working at ward level providing ward based clinical pharmacy services . We are looking for someone with  previous pharmacy experience  who has a  passion in this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient orientated pharmacy assistant dedicated to patient safety. 

The post holder will be educated to NVQ level 2 in pharmacy services. With previous pharmacy experience. 

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work with the clinical pharmacy team  under the guidance and supervision of the clinical pharmacy technicians and clinical pharmacists in providing a Clinical Pharmacy Service in a ward environment. You will assist in the day to day operations of a ward pharmacy team ensuring an efficient and effective service is provided. This includes facilitation and re-use of the use of Patients’ Own drugs, one-stop dispensing, discharge planning and pod checking and dispensing eDNs at ward level. 

The role will involve being a practice supervisor in supporting trainee's at ward level. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GCSE (English & Maths C or above)
  • NVQ2 (pharmaceutical)

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Stock Control
  • Familiar with pharmacy procedures and workflow
  • Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including calculations

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous hospital or pharmacy experience
  • Understanding of hospital pharmacy environment
  • Completed in-house or national accreditation for POD and medicines supply

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elizabeth Laidlaw
Job title
Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 976767
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