Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

This is a Bank position to cover Maternity Leave for 6 months. To contribute to an efficient and accurate pharmacy service to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines throughout at SHSC NHS Foundation Trust. There is a requirement to be confident and able to work with service users, carers, and healthcare professionals internally and other organisations to ensure the service users are safe with their medicines.

Under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist, Deputy Chief Pharmacist and the Senior Pharmacy Technicians, the post holder will perform whatever duties are reasonable and necessary to achieve the job purpose and overall safe provision of pharmacy services throughout the Trust.

To work closely with the senior pharmacy technician, lead pharmacist and pharmacy team in providing pharmacy services to SHSC providing the following services:
Participate in the technical support necessary for the safe and effective dispensing of prescriptions including inpatient, outpatient and discharge medications and the distribution of medicines to the designated units of SHSC under the supervision of a senior technician and pharmacist. Undertake the SHSC system of ward top up safely and effectively to designated units. Provide safe and effective supply of pharmaceuticals to units within SHSC and other designated units outside the Trust.

If eligible, and subject to appropriate training, to undertake accuracy checking of prescriptions. Participate in early morning, late night, weekend, and bank holiday rota. Give advice to staff and service users, providing information on local guidelines and policies ensuring they remain up to date. To order any medicines required for service users and ward stocks. To maintain continued professional development (CPD) as required by the GPhC or other registered body.

See Job Description for full list.

• Dispensing
• ACT
• Ward Top-ups
• Support the clozapine Lead with the running of Clozapine.
• To maintain CPD
• Involvement with department Quality Improvement.
• Willing to travel to all sites at SHSC
• Dispensing and checking of Clinical Trials.
• Subject to the provision of appropriate training, participate in the provision of phlebotomy services to SHSC, including training in using and operating the POCHI machine.

At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy.

For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.

• Previous and recent experience of working in a pharmacy
• Effective communication
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Friendly and self-motivated
• Professional approach
• Ability to follow set procedures
• Have good problem-solving skills
• Numerate and literate
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Good interpersonal skill
• Able to drive and have access to a vehicle

• Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
• Experience of work involving patient contact
• Computer literacy
• Be willing to participate in the provision of phlebotomy services to SHSC, including training in using and operating the POCHI machine.

• Hold a recognised pharmacy technician qualification e.g. NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC level 3 in pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician

• Accuracy checking qualification
• An indication of CPD