Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient wards and Dispensary) | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Interview will be held on 6th Feb 2025

If you are a qualifiedPharmacy Technicianlooking for a new rewarding and challenging role,come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust. We currently have anopportunity for aPharmacy Technicianto join our team. You will deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service to our community health and mental health services across our sites in Berkshireboth from the dispensary and on our in-patient wards.

We are a small friendly team, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading where our dispensary islocated. You will have the opportunity to work at our community hospitals across Berkshireincluding Slough,Newbury, Wokingham, Maidenhead and Reading, as well as on the mental health wards at Prospect Park hospital.

• Delivering a fast and effective pharmacy services to the wards and departments
• Completing accuracy checking session(s)
• Providing an admission,supplyand discharge service to nominated wards.
• Checking Patients’ Own Drugs (PODs).
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation.
• Discharge planning and supporting patients to ensure that they get the best possible outcomes from their medicines.
• Providing a ward top-up service.
• Working with the clozapine clinic team to ensure medicines are ready for the Trust wide clinics.
• Developing skills and knowledge as part of a commitment to CPD and Clinical Supervision
• Providing support to Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and support workers while they undertake their learning.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
2. Goodcommunicationskills
3. An ability to be flexible and work creativelyin accordance withservice needs.
4. A strong patientfocusand a real team player.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet thecriteria in theperson specificationand write about thispoint-by-pointin your supporting statementfor the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’recommitted to equal opportunitiesand welcomeapplications fromall sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected inour accreditations:Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:Sara Jacksonor Josanne Jospeh on01189605080 or emailSara.Jackson@berkshire.nhs.ukorJosanne.Joseph@berkshire.nhs.uk who’llbe delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Thursday 23 Jan 2025