Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (over 7 days)
- Job ref
- 241-202DS-25
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bolton Hospital
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Pharmacy Technician - Band 4
12 months fixed term
Full time 37.5 hours per week, over 7 days
We require a qualified GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to join our enthusiastic and hardworking team.
You will have a either a BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent and be well motivated with a professional attitude. You will be adaptable, a good communicator and easy to get on with.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include the dispensing of prescriptions and participation in the established ward and clinical pharmacy service, including the development of ‘eMM and eDS dispensing for discharge’ schemes.
Working for our organisation
You will be a key member of staff and actively support and develop Pharmacy Services whilst facilitating prompt discharges. You will be a positive and well motivated person with a professional attitude. You will be adaptable, a good communicator and easy to get on with.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties will include the dispensing of prescriptions and participation in the established ward and clinical pharmacy service, including the development of ‘eMM and eDS dispensing for discharge’ schemes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 with BTEC in Pharmacy Services with appropriate underpinning knowledge or equivalent
- Be registered with GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Be accredited through either a previous employer or a higher educational establishment as being competent to undertake dispensing accuracy checking.
- Evidence of further education in clinical pharmacy practice
- Good all round technical knowledge and basic clinical knowledge
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under own initiative and with supervision
- Prior experience of work in a hospital pharmacy or community pharmacy
- Able to meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
- Satisfactory employment history
- Ability to cope with occasional distressing circumstances eg when dealing with seriously ill patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Ward Based Pharmacy Services eg ‘PoDs’, ‘One-stop’
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Angela Myers
- Job title
- Pharmacy General Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390555
- Additional information
Louise Sayle, IT Systems Manager
Tel: 01204 390555
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