Job summary
We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Technician Higher Level Medicines Management who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Are you looking to join a forward-thinking, progressive Pharmacy Department? Do you want to make a real difference to patient safety and the patient journey?Why not join our team ofClinicalPharmacists, Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians and Assistantsto gain experience in ward-basedmedicines management.
The Pharmacy department is looking to recruit an experienced pharmacy technician who wants to extend their knowledge and skills, while working as a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician on the wards.
You must be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician or working towards it. You will have an enthusiastic approach to education and training, multidisciplinary team working and a passion for frontline patient care. Full training will be provided on medicines reconciliation and other in house procedures.
The working pattern includes a weekly late night until 6:30, 1 in 8 weekends as per the rota and 1 bank holiday per year.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The Pharmacy Technician will participate and assist in the development of the medicines management process on designated wards within the hospital.
Train other technicians, pharmacists, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals in the medicines management process.
To carry out general dispensing, drug distribution and associated pharmaceutical duties for the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
You will help with the training of technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and assistants, junior pharmacists, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the medicines management process.
To act as an NVQ assessor for Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers (if appropriate)
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC as a technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
- Current, relevant knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures acquired though training, experience and knowledge
- An accreditation in Medicines Management
Desirable
- National certificate in Medicines Management
- NVQ Assessor accreditation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification hospital experience
- Achievement of Knowledge Skills Framework for band 5 post
- Ability to work within clearly defined occupational polices and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Proven ability to manage own workload and the workload of others, delegating supervision activities as appropriate
- Knowledge and experience of recording data, including sensitive information, on pharmacy computerised data record systems
- Experience of dispensing drugs for patients, clients in specialist area, providing advice to patients, carers
Desirable
- Training staff
- Audit
- Experience in developing and implementing SOPs
Skills
Essential
- Training
- Proven ability to undertake audit/ project
- Proven time management skills
- Organisational skills
- Proven communication skills
- Good team player
- Able to use initiative
- IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to write a procedure /guidelines
- Supervisory skills
- Creative thinker
- Knowledge of Pharmacy computer, including JAC, robot systems, Lorenzo
Knowledge
Essential
- Dispensing
- Pharmaceutical Law
- Pharmaceutical Practice
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice
- Drug Distribution
- Patient Counselling
- Completion of stages 1 and 2 of Technician Self- Development Scheme, or equivalent
- CPD portfolio
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC as a technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
- Current, relevant knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures acquired though training, experience and knowledge
- An accreditation in Medicines Management
Desirable
- National certificate in Medicines Management
- NVQ Assessor accreditation
Previous Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification hospital experience
- Achievement of Knowledge Skills Framework for band 5 post
- Ability to work within clearly defined occupational polices and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Proven ability to manage own workload and the workload of others, delegating supervision activities as appropriate
- Knowledge and experience of recording data, including sensitive information, on pharmacy computerised data record systems
- Experience of dispensing drugs for patients, clients in specialist area, providing advice to patients, carers
Desirable
- Training staff
- Audit
- Experience in developing and implementing SOPs
Skills
Essential
- Training
- Proven ability to undertake audit/ project
- Proven time management skills
- Organisational skills
- Proven communication skills
- Good team player
- Able to use initiative
- IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to write a procedure /guidelines
- Supervisory skills
- Creative thinker
- Knowledge of Pharmacy computer, including JAC, robot systems, Lorenzo
Knowledge
Essential
- Dispensing
- Pharmaceutical Law
- Pharmaceutical Practice
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice
- Drug Distribution
- Patient Counselling
- Completion of stages 1 and 2 of Technician Self- Development Scheme, or equivalent
- CPD portfolio
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
