Job summary
Pharmacy Technician (Rotational) - Band 4 - 37.5 hours - Permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, Registered Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable post qualification experience, who wants to make a real difference to patient care, to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our services and continuing to extend the technician role

Applicants should hold a Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician or equivalent.

Experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician is desirable but not essential.

The initial banding of the postholder will depend on past experience and/or completion of a conversion competency document.

Duties will include:

• Dispensing and Accuracy Checking for In-patients, Outpatients and Discharge.
• Patient counselling,
• Medicines optimisation at ward level including medicines reconciliation; assessing patients' own medicines at the bedside and processing patient discharge prescriptions

The post will require participation in rotas that extend into early evenings, weekends and bank holidays and those seeking part-time employment during the daytime, evening and / or weekend will be considered.

Soon to register Technicians can apply

Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities:

• To co-operate with all pharmaceutical staff in providing and developing the technical aspects of the pharmaceutical service including a comprehensive dispensing and medicines distribution service to out-patients and in-patients on all wards and departments throughout the Trust.
• To supervise pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants on a day to day basis
• Duties are carried out under the control or direct supervision of a pharmacist or where appropriate Principal or Chief Technician.

About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year Per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 13 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 245-HS4PHAR-10-26

Job locations
Tameside Hospital, Fountain Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Experience
Desirable

• Recent experience of working in a busy hospital Pharmacy
• Experience of ward based medicines management processes, including assessment of patients own medicines

Skill and Knowledge
Essential

• Good working knowledge of pharmaceutical practice
• Good therapeutics knowledge of frequently use medicines
• Can communicate effectively verbally and in writing with patients and service users, particularly by telephone
• Able to prioritise own workload within the scope of organised rotas and use initiative
• Able to work unsupervised
• Able to work as part of a large team
• Good numeracy skills
• Good customer care skills
• Familiarity with the necessary keyboard skills required to use the departmental computer systems

Desirable

• Knowledge / Awareness of stock control systems
• Competent in aseptic preparative techniques. Good knowledge of policies and procedures

Other Factors
Essential

• Respect for working colleagues, other disciplines and the public
• Able to meet the demands of a busy department and specifically to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• Able to accept guidance, direction and constructive criticism

Desirable

• Practical, enthusiastic and self motivated

Qualifications
Essential

• BTEC National Certificate in Pharmacy services and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy services or the recognised equivalent Certificated Pharmacy Technician qualification
• Good general education, preferably Mathematics, English and 2 other subjects at GCSE level grade C or above

Desirable

• Substantive post registration Hospital experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Chief Pharmacy Technician Stacey Starr, stacey.starr@tgh.nhs.uk, 01619226509

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