Band 6 Senior Pharmacy Technician​/Pharmacist

Band 6 Senior Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacist

Grade: Band 6

Ward: Pharmacy

Why might this job interest you?

Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist with Clinical experience? Are ready to play a crucial role inpatient care? Join our team at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and help usmake a difference!

Dispense in-patient,one-stop and discharge medication requests including stock supplies and distribution of drugs to wards and peripheral hospitals as per standard operating procedures.

Dispense ward stockand TTO (to take out) controlled drugs, ensuring that prescriptions and orders conform to the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Be the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) and complete final accuracy checking slots within the dispensary if needed.

Monitor the Emergency and Controlled Drug cupboards. Ensuring stock and orders are placed, specimen signatures are updated, monthly stock takes are done and ward requisitions are completed within turnaround times and elevate any discrepancies.

Provide a ward top up service of stock medicines if required and work with the ward manager, pharmacist and pharmacy stores team to support stock list review as required.

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

• Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Be an Accredited Checking Technician.
• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent.

• Experience or awareness of ward based or medicine management technician roles.

• Band 4 Pharmacy Technicians, Band 6 Pharmacy Technicians & Band 6 Pharmacists will be considered depending upon experience & qualifications.

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.