[ref. s08755904] Pharmacy Technician
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?
The Pharmacy Department at Barts Health covers a population of 2.5 million. We provide medicines management and medicines optimisation services from our four hospital sites across the City of London and East London.
Our pharmacy department is committed to providing an innovative service that focuses on patient care and experience, and we are currently recruiting an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join us. This is an ideal opportunity for you to start your career in Pharmacy, developing your knowledge and experience in our dynamic and diverse team as you’ll receive all the training and support you need to be your best.You will support Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians by providing supervised pharmacy services, including dispensing of medicines, and replenishing and maintaining ward stocks.
As a member of the Pharmacy Technician team, you will provide safe and efficient pharmacy support to the dispensary and wards within the Royal London Hospital. You will develop your existing professional, technical and clinical skills through your own continuing professional development to provide and service of excellence to both patients and staff alike.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Pharmacy Technician team, you will provide safe and efficient pharmacy support to the dispensary and wards within the Royal London Hospital. You will develop your existing professional, technical and clinical skills through your own continuing professional development to provide and service of excellence to both patients and staff alike.The post holder will work as part of our dispensary team, delivering a high-quality dispensing service to a multitude of areas throughout the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals.
The main duties for the postholder will include in-patient, clinics scripts and discharge dispensing, controlled drugs dispensing, stock control, ward stock topping up, medication returns, receiving deliveries for medications and fluids.
The post holder will support the dispensary leadership team by proactively coordinating and managing the flow of work through Dispensary Services throughout the day to ensure an efficient and safe pharmacy service to patients and staff. This role will proactively ensure that staffing and appropriate processes are in place to support the Pharmacy Service.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- • BTEC Diploma in Pharmaceutical science and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy services, or equivalent.
- • Registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- • Medicines Optimisation accreditation or equivalent
- • Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
- • Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer, or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- • Significant experience of working in a busy pharmacy department.
- • Experience in hospital pharmacy setting.
- • Experience in medicines optimisation.
- • Previous experience of using JAC pharmacy computer system
Knowledge
Essential criteria- • Understanding of Revalidation requirements
- • Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health & Safety
- • Understanding of stock control systems
- • Knowledge of drugs, side effects & where to find further information
- • Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirement
- • Understand development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.