Job summary
Are you a motivated Pharmacy Technician ready to take the next step in your career? Newham University Hospital offers an exciting opportunity to become a Senior Pharmacy Technician in our dynamic, patient-centered pharmacy team. As a key member of our multidisciplinary healthcare environment, you will ensure optimal patient care and safety while advancing your skills.
We are looking for a passionate individual who is eager to contribute to healthcare by ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines. Whether you're newly qualified or an experienced technician, we welcome all applicants ready to make a difference.
Key Responsibilities:
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Dispensary: Accurately prepare and dispense medications, ensuring correct dosages and instructions while adhering to strict safety protocols.
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Pharmacy Stores: Manage pharmaceutical stock, including ordering, storing, and distributing medicines, ensuring optimal stock levels and preventing waste.
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Wards: Collaborate with clinical teams to ensure medications are prescribed and administered effectively, providing expert advice on medication management in multidisciplinary meetings.
Newly qualified technicians will be placed on a 4-5 progression post, with rotations across dispensary, stores, and wards. This will give you hands-on experience and a well-rounded understanding of hospital pharmacy.
Join us in improving patient outcomes and advancing your pharmacy career in a supportive, innovative setting.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will work closely with the operational team within dispensary and stores, the clinical ward pharmacy team and the wider MDT, as well as supporting with the development of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
Roles and responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Undertake projects - support the Site Lead Pharmacy Technician and Lead Pharmacy Technicians in developing systems for service provision, which enhance the efficiency of the service
Be responsible for providing a Medicines Management service to ward areas, which involves working unsupervised in clinical areas
Day to day line management of pharmacy support workers undertaking QCF / NVQ level 2 and 3 and ACPT
Undertake duties and responsibilities as an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) including supporting with dispensing and stores processes
Participate in the recruitment and selection of Pharmacy staff.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For bothdocuments, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For bothdocuments, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
- Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Good numeracy skills. Able to perform pharmaceutical calculations
- Interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately
- Work accurately following agreed procedures
- Time management skills
- Demonstrates ability to solve problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Organisation and prioritisation of workload
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Methodical attention to detail
Desirable
- Ability to answer complex enquiries
- Ability to supervise processes and identify deviations
- Effective negotiation skills
- Ability to delegate effectively
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
- Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
- Experience of pharmacy stock distribution and top-up services
- Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g., medication history taking, POD assessment etc.
- Dispensing
- Patient counselling experience
Desirable
- Experience of managing of staff
- Education & training of staff
- Experience of working in a medicines management role
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and
- Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
Desirable
- Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
- Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Good numeracy skills. Able to perform pharmaceutical calculations
- Interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately
- Work accurately following agreed procedures
- Time management skills
- Demonstrates ability to solve problems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Organisation and prioritisation of workload
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Methodical attention to detail
Desirable
- Ability to answer complex enquiries
- Ability to supervise processes and identify deviations
- Effective negotiation skills
- Ability to delegate effectively
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy setting
- Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
- Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
- Experience of pharmacy stock distribution and top-up services
- Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g., medication history taking, POD assessment etc.
- Dispensing
- Patient counselling experience
Desirable
- Experience of managing of staff
- Education & training of staff
- Experience of working in a medicines management role
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and
- Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Other
Essential
- DBS - Enhanced check with a check of the barred lists required as patient facing and may interact with adults / children
Desirable
- Member of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
