Band 4 Pharmacy Technician NHS AfC: Band 4 Speciality: Pharmacy

Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.

In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.

Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re‑build our patients’ lives.

We also offer attractive benefits such as

• tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
• flexible working arrangements for a work‑life balance that suits you and your needs
• a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes

The Trust is committed to offering a range of flexible working options to support employees to balance work and personal commitments, and the delivery of high quality and cost effective services.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Sustainability

At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations.

The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.

Are you an experienced or newly qualified Pharmacy Technician. Have you trained in community pharmacy and are looking for a new challenge? Are you enthusiastic, motivated and keen to develop your skills within a small friendly and forward-thinking pharmacy team?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a motivated and organised pharmacy technician with strong problem solving skills to join the pharmacy department at Queen Victoria Hospital.

Developing our staff is important to us and we already have funding secured for the postholder to complete Accuracy Checking Technician course if they do not already hold it.

The post holder has a central role within the pharmacy department by ensuring the safe and efficient supply of medicines to patients. The post holder will support the clinical pharmacists with the inpatient medicines optimisations service on wards, as well as supporting dispensary services. They will help provide cover for the Senior Pharmacy Technician in their absence.

Currently there is no weekend, Bank holiday or assigned late night working but this could be subject to change in the future.

Key responsibilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for dispensing medications for in‑patients and out‑patients, managing stock control, and preparing discharge prescriptions and counselling patients on their medication.

The role is both ward and dispensary based and you assist the Clinical Pharmacists on the ward with medicines reconciliations including:

• Reviewing charts to ensure that medicine supplies are “topped” up as appropriate for use in hospital and on discharge without the check of a pharmacist.
• Che…