Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (with a possibility to extend to 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-8209-A
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chelford Court
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician, Higher Level Specialist Mental Health
Band 5
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen at EPUT for an experienced, registered pharmacy technician to join the specialist pharmacy dispensary team. This post will be based at Chelford Court in Chelmsford and will be focused on providing essential pharmacy services such as dispensing, accuracy checking and Clozapine management across Essex and Suffolk.
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of influencing others. You should be able to resolve issues identified and communicate effectively with service users, care staff, hospital staff and the wider pharmacy team.
The post holder must possess excellent interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills and be flexible. You will be self-motivated, able to work independently and above all will be passionate about providing the highest standards of care to service users.
If you wish to join our friendly, dynamic team and have the ability to work well under pressure whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy and professionalism we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
To participate in the provision and development of pharmaceutical services within the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, as part of the Trust’s pharmacy team. To provide technical support to the dispensary including dispensing and accuracy checking prescriptions and efficient stock control.
Working for our organisation
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EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; • Season Ticket Loans • NHS discounts for staff • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work • Day One Flexible Employer Join our Staff bank What is Staff Bank? Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times. All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish. If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank. |
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Dispense in-patient, out-patient, and leave/discharge prescriptions and clinical trial materials. Process prescriptions using the pharmacy IT system; select, compile, package and label and record prescription items according to departmental procedure.
- Final check clinically screened prescriptions and orders prepared by other pharmacy staff, before release to the ward or unit.
- Maintain controlled drug registers, making entries, checking and reconciling stock as appropriate.
- Assess suitability of pharmaceutical products for return to stock. Return items using the pharmacy IT system, or dispose of according to departmental procedure.
- Assist with order checking, unpacking and storage of stock, ensuring appropriate stock rotation.
- Process ward stock orders using the pharmacy IT system, pick and package orders for delivery.
- Take an active role in the pharmacy team and provide support to less experienced staff.
- Seek advice from senior pharmacy colleagues as appropriate in order to provide advice to clinicians
- Take part in weekend, bank holiday, early and late working rotas, as required.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation relating to the use of medicines, including the Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Human Medicines Regulations etc.
- Undertake appropriate training at ward level to continue expanding skills and maintain clinical knowledge.
- Actively participate in the education and training of new staff members including pre-registration pharmacy technicians.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Pharmacy experience
Desirable criteria
- Hospital experience
- Accuracy Checking
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Time management skills
- Self-motivation
- Communication skills
- Empathy skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of staff management
- Evidence of education and training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shaheen Allymohamed
- Job title
- Dispensary Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773046969
- Additional information
In the absence of the dispensary manager, please contact Adam Jones (Pharmacy Operational Business Manager) on 07581 050355 or [email protected].
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