Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Pharmacy Technician Higher Level (XR05)

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Job summary

At Leeds Teaching Hospitals, we have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated registered Pharmacy Technician Higher Level, who has experience in either a hospital or community pharmacy setting, to join our collaborative, forward thinking and highly regarded pharmacy team working within clinical services.

This is an excellent opportunity to start a career in hospital pharmacy and to play an important role in being part of a team working at ward level to deliver an exceptional medicines optimisation service.

By taking a patient first approach and through compassion and commitment you will focus on helping patients to optimise medicines use by involving them in making decisions about their medicines. You will collaborate with other teams, communicating effectively to ensure a safe, seamless integrated transfer of care for our patients.

There will be an opportunity to be involved with and potentially lead improvement work to provide the best care for our patients.

We will support your development and provide you with the skills and knowledge to meet your GPhC CPD revalidation requirements. We will support you to progress within the role and develop your knowledge, skills, competencies and leadership skills.

Please be aware that we invite applications from second year Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians that are due to qualify in the next six months.

Main duties of the job

Below is a list of duties to be performed by the successful applicant. Please note this is not an exhaustive list;

- To proactively counsel patients on new medications and update them regarding any changes to treatment regimes

- To accurately obtain drug histories from a variety of patients and/or their carers

- To provide a ward based medicines optimisation service

- To support our late night, weekend and bank holiday service.

- To assist and deliver training for rotational and new members of staff

- To assist in the assembly and accuracy checking of prescribed items

- There may opportunities to line manager staff members

For more information regarding this role please contact James Green on james.green6@nhs.net or on 01132065893

About us

The City of Leeds is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city with excellent rail, road and motorway links and several big-name retail outlets. There is an array of top-class restaurants and bars to while away your leisure time or if you prefer, the Leeds Grand Theatre has some top shows and the Leeds Arena hosts many star performances.

Within MMPS we offer excellent career progression and will support you in order to achieve all your goals. This post is advertised as full time but we are fully supportive of flexible working arrangements. Patient centred care and staff health and wellbeing is a priority for ourselves.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

10 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-MMP-246

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the roles and responsibilities of this post please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the roles and responsibilities of this post please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a patient facing Pharmacy role
  • Experience of training members of staff

Desirable

  • Experience of obtaining medication histories

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Strong representation of The Leeds Way Values
  • Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
  • A strong team player

Desirable

  • Possess medicine management competencies
  • Strong IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC in pharmaceutical science/NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services. Or working towards and due to complete within the next 6 months
  • Completion or working towards recognised accredited checking qualification. Due to complete within the next 6 months
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a patient facing Pharmacy role
  • Experience of training members of staff

Desirable

  • Experience of obtaining medication histories

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Strong representation of The Leeds Way Values
  • Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
  • A strong team player

Desirable

  • Possess medicine management competencies
  • Strong IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC in pharmaceutical science/NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services. Or working towards and due to complete within the next 6 months
  • Completion or working towards recognised accredited checking qualification. Due to complete within the next 6 months

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pharmacy Technician Team Leader

James Green

james.green6@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-MMP-246

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


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