Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 162-6912-AV-A
- Employer
- Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen's Hospital
- Town
- Romford
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2025 23:59
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Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Band 5
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Job overview
This is an exciting new opportunity to provide and support the development of the pharmacy service within the Women and Children’s division at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust. You will be responsible for delivery of a high quality clinical Pharmacy service and supporting the Medicine Optimisation agenda for women and children’s services.
You will support the ward pharmacy service as part of a multidisciplinary team, provide training to a range of staff and support the lead pharmacists for the women and maternity services across both of our acute sites.
We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking pharmacy technician with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. You will play a major role in the improvement and development of the Women and Maternity services, embracing new opportunities, so that the service continues to evolve to meet the demands of our service users in a changing NHS.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust operates across three main sites at Barking, Queen’s and King George Hospitals. The Trust serves a population of around 750,000 from a wide range of social and ethnic groups, making it one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England.
Main duties of the job
To assist the Clinical Pharmacist, Obstetrics & Gynaecology in the delivery of clinical technical services to the women and maternity care group. Provide medicines Drug History and reconciliation support to the clinical pharmacy team. They will assist in the updating of procedures; partake in audits and systems for the monitoring, organisation and supply of medicines during the patient’s admission and discharge.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited checking technician
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Practice Supervisor / Education Supervisor training / qualification
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation.
- Experience of liaising and interacting with nursing and medical staff and other healthcare professionals.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of CMM computer system
- Experience of working in a ward environment
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
- Laura Hughes
- Job title
- Clincial Pharmacist Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01708435000
- Additional information
Ext 2866
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