Bank - Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

To co-operate in providing a comprehensive, high quality and cost- effective pharmaceutical service for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust and its partners via service level agreements.

To carry out technical duties in specified areas of the pharmacy department under the direction of the Team Leader for the area of practice. Adhere to policies and procedures and deliver services in an efficient, courteous, and professional manner with the responsibility to develop new initiatives

Main duties of the job

Dispense prescriptions, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, controlled drugs, in-patient, discharge, and out-patient prescriptions in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice.

Participate in the daily stock check processed, adjusting stock level as per local procedures and escalating significant discrepancies to the Senior Technical Team

Participate in the daily “stock to-follows” processes; processing to-follow dispensing and liaison with stores staff for ordering and out of stock medicines.

Co-ordinate pharmacy support workers ensuring efficient workflow and prioritisation.

Check prescriptions if deemed competent to do so.

To check stock items e.g. cardiac arrest boxes and controlled drugs after satisfactory completion of the departmental competency training programme

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Rotate within the different sections of the pharmacy department including the dispensaries, aseptic department, wards, stores procurement and distribution, and out-patient areas (site specific) as required.

Observe the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements and to assist in ensuring that work carried out in the department is in accordance with these and any other recommendations which may be issued from time to time by the Department of Health or Medicines Inspectorate.

Undertake special dispensing and manufacturing involving the use of aseptic techniques to a suitable standard in preparation of sterile products in accordance with aseptic procedures and under the direction of the Aseptic Services Manager.

Undertake cytotoxic reconstitution and dispensing in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Aseptic Production Manual and in accordance with the criteria set out under COSHH regulations and Regional and National Standards.

Provide a ‘topping up’ service on wards for individual patient drug supplies under the direction of the Senior Technical Team and in accordance with procedures

Person specification

Qualifications

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
• Registration with GPHC (or in application process)

Experience

• Experience working in a hospital environment
• Experience in use of JAC Pharmacy Computer System
• Clinical Trial experience
• Ability to train staff

Knowledge

• Dispensing processes
• Pharmacy computer systems use
• Stock control procedures

• Modern hospital processes including those on wards

Skills

• Clear communication skills
• Ability to work accurately with attention to detail
• Professional approach to work and ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Well organised and able to meet deadlines/targets
• Adapt to change
• Ability to identify and solve problems
• Excellent time management skills

• Prioritising dispensary workload
• Patient Counselling
• Extemporaneous dispensing
• Modern hospital processes including those on wards

Other

• Dispensing a varied range of medicines

• Managed a service development project

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.