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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS:AfC: Band 4
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (until June 2025)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR616-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Pharmacy Services Technician

NHS:AfC: Band 4

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Are you a qualified pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge and wanting to work within our hospital pharmacy? 

Due to a secondment, we are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join our excellent team providing a 7 day pharmacy service for our NHS Trust, part time – 22.5 hours per week until June 2025.

You should be qualified, or about to be, and hold the Certificate of higher education in Pharmacy Technician Practice or C&G/NVQ3/BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences/pharmacy services. 

We are a busy department covering a diverse range of activities and functions including: dispensary, procurement, stores and distribution, Quality Control, manufacturing sterile, aseptic and non-sterile products, clinical trials, chemotherapy preparation, assembly of emergency boxes and pre-packing from bulk, ward based/clinical services, medicines information and medicines management.

You will work predominantly in the dispensary, however there may be opportunity to work on the wards as part of our clinical team, or chemotherapy preparation units.

We are a supportive department offering development opportunities and will provide in-house training and competencies for all required areas.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

Dispense/supply medicines to inpatients/outpatients on receipt of 
prescriptions/orders from patients/staff.

To support the Pharmacy team with safe, effective and timely supply of medicines.

Respond appropriately to incoming telephone calls, patients, customers, visitors and other healthcare professionals attending pharmacy and refer when appropriate.

Support medicines management, optimisation and safe and secure handling of drugs across the Trust including assisting with the return and re-cycling of medicines that are no longer required.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Effectively contributing to and working as part of a team to achieve deadlines and objectives
  • Pharmaceutical dispensing
  • Stock management, rotation and control
  • Communicating effectively
  • Working effectively under pressure
  • Acting promptly & positively to change
  • Following written procedures
Desirable criteria
  • Using initiative
  • Pharmaceutical manufacture
  • Working in clean rooms
  • Aseptic preparation including chemotherapy
  • Working in a hospital pharmacy

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ (QCF) Level 3 diplomas (or equivalent course approved by the GPhC) in Pharmacy Service Skills and Pharmaceutical Science
  • CPD recorded in accord with GPhC requirements
  • Registered with the GPhC as a qualified Pharmacy Technician (or eligible to register if just qualified)
Desirable criteria
  • Accredited Checking Technician
  • Medicines management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sally Rogers
Job title
Technician Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 704432

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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