Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 186-599-24-GH-A
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Wells Road Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management
Band 5
Job overview
This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust and have not been an employee of the Trust in the previous 3 years. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.
An opportunity has arisen for a registered Pharmacy Technician to join our ward based teams.
Working closely with our clinical pharmacists and other healthcare professionals the successful candidate will help provide a quality pharmacy service to wards and departments across the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Main duties will include medicines reconciliation, assessing the suitability of patients’ own drugs, ordering named patient medication and supporting audit and quality improvement initiatives. There will be regular dispensary slots which include final accuracy checking plus the supervision and training of new and pre-registration staff.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be required to work across the organisation but being based at Highbury Hospital, Lings Bar Hospital, Blossomwood (formerly Millbrook Mental Health Unit) or Sherwood Oaks to be discussed at interview. Specialities covered will include AMH, MHSOP, CAMHS and physical healthcare. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is therefore required; however reasonable adjustments will be made for individuals as necessary in line with the Equality Act 2010.
You should have post qualification experience of working in a hospital pharmacy. Experience in a mental health setting is desirable but not essential as full training and support will be given.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3, BTEC or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registration Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous varied NHS hospital experience at AFC band 4 or above
- Evidence of ongoing training and personal development.
- Evidence of leading and/or responsible for delivering a service/function/project or development
- Effective stock control
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience using pharmacy computer systems (CMM)
- Named patient ordering
- Medicines reconciliation
- Checking technician or working towards accreditation
- Experience of patient counselling
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership
- Judgment on prescriptions & request of Medicines
- Judgment on when to refer to pharmacist or senior colleague
- Organising Self to deliver required work on time
- Priorities & planning
- Policy & SOP implementation & contribution to development
- Computer skills for dispensing, stock control & general document generation
Values and Behaviour
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
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
- Suzanne Buxton
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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