Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 16 hours per week (2 days per week (Thursday and Friday))
- Job ref
- 358-6269525-CSI
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 P/A
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Band 4 Pharmacy Technician- Wards/Dispensary
NHS AfC: Band 4
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.
The post will be split across our dispensary and ward services at the Leicester Royal Infirmary site
Main duties of the job
We are looking for progressive and proactive Pharmacy Technicians with strong problem solving skills to join our friendly team. Applicants must be self-motivated, organised, be able to work effectively alone and as part of a team, and will contribute to service development and innovation
The posts will contribute to Medicines Management services across our various wards , particularly focusing on comprehensive and timely medicines reconciliation and safe, effective discharge, ensuring patients get the right medicines at the right time.
You will work in our fast-paced dispensary, supporting medicine supply to a vast number of patients. You will have exposure to trouble-shooting responsibilities and opportunities to broaden problem solving and leadership skills.
Our pharmacy department is undergoing a review of its staffing structure, including expansion and redesign of the team. We are focused on creating more efficient and fulfilling ways of working to improve performance and outcomes.
We are keen to receive applications from candidates working in any pharmacy sector. We welcome applications from Pre-Registration Technicians who are due to qualify in the near future. Successful candidates will be given training in order to fulfil specialist duties for this post.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To improve the quality of care of patients in a clinical area by the provision of an efficient medicines management service. This will include facilitation of the use of patient’s own drugs, one stop dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and medicines reconciliation.
- To undertake dispensary based duties according to service need under the direction of the Principal Technician
- To maintain flow of work in the dispensary by effectively working in the role of Trouble shooter
- You will need to act as an advocate for pharmacy services and a guardian of medicines safety. You must be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in patient counselling
Desirable criteria
- Hospital Pharmacy experience
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
- Registered (or applied for ) with the GPhC
Communication & relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communicator; verbally and in written form
- Evidence of team working
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Johnson
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacy Technician- Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0116 258 7754
- Additional information
Mobile: 07811024826
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