Pharmacy Technician

Job title:

Pharmacy Technician

Company

NHS

Job description

In this role, you will work within the technical team providing pharmacy specialist services such as inpatient dispensing, accuracy checking, patient counselling, medicines reconciliation, dispensary team leading, ward stock and individual patient dispensed top-ups and safe and secure handling of medicines audits.You’ll work alongside Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians and Assistant Technical Officers, and effectively communicate with medical and nursing staff to ensure timely availability of medicines.Following departmental, Trust and professional standards and protocols, and without direct supervision, you’ll support Senior Pharmacy Technicians if needed, and priorities your own, and junior staff’s, workloads. This will include dispensing a range of prescriptions, accuracy checking; patient counselling; data input; and ward-based services such as discharge prescriptions.This role involves working on weekends, late-nights and Bank Holiday rotas.This is a progressive role which begins as a Band 4 but will progress to progress to Band 5 on completion agreed criteria.Main duties of the jobYou must hold a BTEC and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent (or be qualifying imminently) and be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.If you have not already gained a recognised accuracy checking qualification then you will have opportunity to study this qualification whilst working with us.You’ll understand and be adept at performing a range of work procedures and practices that require underpinning theoretical knowledge of dispensary processes, controlled drugs legislation, and medicines storage and security.Confident and accurate in the dispensing process and computer software, you’ll be manually dexterous and able to communicate clearly with everyone from healthcare providers to the general public. You’ll be organising your day and workload, so you’ll need to be able to work independently, too.If you have a mature attitude, a team player, and committed to professional development in a healthcare setting, this could be your next best career move.About usMFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.Date posted14 February 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 4Salary£26,530 to £36,483 a year per annum (pro rata)ContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number349-CSS-7012486C*Job locationsManchester Royal InfirmaryOxford Rd CampusManchesterM13 9WLJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you! Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• BTEC and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent (2 Years)
• Registered or due to registered as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC

Desirable

• BTec Level 4 in Accuracy Checking Dispensed Medicines (1 year) or equivalent recognised qualification

KnowledgeEssential

• Understand and perform a range of work procedures and practices which require underpinning theoretical knowledge including: – Dispensary processes – Controlled Drugs legislation – Medicines storage and security

Training and ExperienceEssential

• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Working in hospital pharmacy
• In Patient Dispensing top-up
• Controlled Drug dispensing

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• BTEC and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent (2 Years)
• Registered or due to registered as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC

Desirable

• BTec Level 4 in Accuracy Checking Dispensed Medicines (1 year) or equivalent recognised qualification

KnowledgeEssential

• Understand and perform a range of work procedures and practices which require underpinning theoretical knowledge including: – Dispensary processes – Controlled Drugs legislation – Medicines storage and security

Training and ExperienceEssential

• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Working in hospital pharmacy
• In Patient Dispensing top-up
• Controlled Drug dispensing

Expected salary

£26530 – 36483 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 01:06:00 GMT

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