Job summary
Are you keen to work to supply medicines and improve medicines governance and patient care in an ambulance trust?
We are looking for a pharmacy technician with a checking qualification who has an interest in expanding your knowledge and self-development, you are proficient in IT including Microsoft Word, Excel and Teams.
Previous experience of management of stock control and ordering is required, along with an accuracy checking qualification.
You have good communication skills and are able to work well under pressure and prioritise and manage your time effectively.
Please be aware that the role is predominantly on site working at our HQ in Newburn (base) but will be some elements of remote working, but not exclusively and travel to ambulance stations across the whole of the North East region from Berwick to Teesside and across Weardale. A Trust vehicle will be provided for this part of the role.
We are a small friendly medicines team, for further information please contact:
Fay Ord email: fay.ord@neas.nhs.uk mobile: 07976703747
Main duties of the job
You will support safe, effective and efficient supply and use of medicines across North East Ambulance Service.
You will support the Medicines Management Team with the technical and operational aspects of medicines management and medicines governance across the trust.
You will work within all medicines polices and standard operating procedures across the trust and ensure that these are understood and followed. You will support medicines audits and audit compliance which will provide assurance to the Medicines Optimisation Group
You will support quality improvement and provide technical knowledge to support transforming the way that the Trust deals with medicines to optimise their use operationally. You will support medicine projects and work with Trust clinical and operational staff at all levels to review processes to provide value for money for purchasing, waste control and stock control.
You will support the review and management of any alerts, incidents, serious incidents, near misses pertaining to medicines as required. You will ensure that that medicines and pharmacy services are provided with due regard to patient safety and systems are in place to improve patient safety and patient care
About us
We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.
Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details and responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details and responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential
- oBTEC National Certificate or NVQ level III in Pharmaceutical Sciences or other recognised equivalent at the same level oPharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Society oNumerate and literate 5 GCSE or equivalent including Maths and English
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- oPrevious employment or experience in pharmacy supply or medicines management role. oExperience and knowledge of the legislation and good governance practice and how this applies to medicines. oStock control and ordering experience
Desirable
- oExperience of training or supervising staffoExperience of working in an ambulance trust
KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE
Essential
- oAccurate and consistent in work application oGood numeracy and literacy skills including; simple calculations, percentages and decimals. oInterest in expanding knowledge and self-development oProficient in IT including Microsoft Word, Excel and Teams oBe able to access, analyse and interpret information and data oAble to produce accurate grammatically correct written material. oExcellent communication skills with demonstrable ability to present complex or sensitive information to large groups of clinicians or senior managers.
Desirable
- oUnderstanding of an electronic medicines management system including ordering and stock control oExperience of using risk management reporting systems
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS / OTHER
Essential
- oFull driving license oAble to travel across the North East of England to various ambulance stations/sites on a regular daily/weekly basis.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential
- oBTEC National Certificate or NVQ level III in Pharmaceutical Sciences or other recognised equivalent at the same level oPharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Society oNumerate and literate 5 GCSE or equivalent including Maths and English
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- oPrevious employment or experience in pharmacy supply or medicines management role. oExperience and knowledge of the legislation and good governance practice and how this applies to medicines. oStock control and ordering experience
Desirable
- oExperience of training or supervising staffoExperience of working in an ambulance trust
KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE
Essential
- oAccurate and consistent in work application oGood numeracy and literacy skills including; simple calculations, percentages and decimals. oInterest in expanding knowledge and self-development oProficient in IT including Microsoft Word, Excel and Teams oBe able to access, analyse and interpret information and data oAble to produce accurate grammatically correct written material. oExcellent communication skills with demonstrable ability to present complex or sensitive information to large groups of clinicians or senior managers.
Desirable
- oUnderstanding of an electronic medicines management system including ordering and stock control oExperience of using risk management reporting systems
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS / OTHER
Essential
- oFull driving license oAble to travel across the North East of England to various ambulance stations/sites on a regular daily/weekly basis.
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).
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).
