Senior Pharmacy Technician; Band 5

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic well motivated qualified Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly, supportive and welcoming pharmacy team .

This role is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, registered Pharmacy Technician who has excellent dispensing and communication skills,to develop their skills and knowledge.

You will need to have experience of providing ward based medicines management services as a Registered Pharmacy Technician. We will support the successful candidate with their introduction into this role, and with their future professional development.

The successful candidate must be a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. They will have excellent interpersonal skills, be good at managing their time, be flexible in their approach to work and be an excellent team player. They will already hold an Accredited Checking Qualification.

• Rotational post where the post holder will work in various areas of the Pharmacy including Ward based Medicines Management, Warfarin clinic and Dispensary
• Participate in the full ward based medicines management service.
• Hosts warfarin 'Point of Care' Testing and dosing clinics on a rotational basis.
• Responsible for the final checking of dispensed products
• Support and deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technicians
• Supervise, mentor and train a range of junior staff

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

See attached job description and personal specification for detailed information and main responsibilities about this role

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Registered with the GPHC
• Experience of collaborative working with multidisciplinary teams

• Knowledge of the laws and regulations relating to the provision of an effective pharmacy service
• Knowledge of how ward based pharmacy works and an appreciation of the issues ward staff face managing medicines

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer service/counselling
• Ability to provide comprehensive training to other staff
• Ability to problem solve

• Considerable experience in all areas of Hospital Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician
• Experience of ward-based Medicines Management duties, one stop dispensing, drug history taking and patient counselling.
• Experience of leading and managing change
• Experience of writing SOPs
• Experience of writing and delivering presentations
• Experience of using an Automated Medicines Cabinet
• Previous experience of managing, mentoring and supervising staff

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.