Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-7014023
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician
Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We are looking for a confident pharmacy technician, willing to train and become proficient in medicine management and the enthusiasm and drive to assist moving the service forward.
You should be able to communicate effectively with both staff and patients.
There will be both dispensary and ward based activities and you will be expected to be able to organize and prioritize your own workload and also be part of a large team. The post holder is expected to have minimum 2 years experience in hospital pharmacy.
If you think you have the qualities and skills for this role please apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical activities in the dispensary including outsourcing and at ward level and will have sufficient knowledge and experience to work unsupervised as part of the ward pharmacy team.
You will be expected to complete a Medicines Management training programme and will be ready to undertake or will have completed a National Accredited Accuracy Checking programme.
The post holder may be asked to undertake duties of a more specialised nature in addition to routine professional and technical duties. There is a requirement to be accurate at all times.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibility for Patient Care
- Performs a final ‘accuracy check on prescriptions and orders which have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist and in accordance with Trust procedures and ensures dispensing errors are corrected by the appropriate member of staff. (if appropriate)
- Provides a cost effective ‘one stop’ dispensing service to designated wards, involving checking suitability of patients own drugs for use on the ward, arranging re-supplies of patient’s drugs, liaising with GPs, nursing homes and ward staff, assessing patients concordance and providing patient counselling and education where necessary.
- Provides Medicines Management Service to all wards/departments when required
- Assist in discharge planning
- Carries out medicines reconciliation
- Interprets and dispenses prescriptions for inpatients, and discharged patients.
- Provides advice to patients with new/ongoing drugs, doses, possible side effects, and benefits of taking medicines/further supplies.
- Liaises with various members of the pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients
- Concentrates while dispensing or accuracy checking prescriptions/calculating doses/quantities for supply whilst dealing with occasional interruptions.
• If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £45.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an enthusiastic and motivated approach to work
- Demonstrates a good standard of verbal and written English
- Demonstrates accuracy and attention to detail
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise workload
- Demonstrates good communication skills
- Can deliver results in a timely manner
- Can be relied upon to complete tasks and objectives to consistently high standards
- Respect for working colleagues, other disciplines and the public
- Ability to work as part of a large team
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- You must have well developed skills in the following: • Planning & Organisation • Communication • Coaching • Computers • Leadership • Time Management
- Awareness of personal and professional limitations
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered with the GPHC
- BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ Level III in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- accredited accuracy checking qualification or be ready to undertake the qualification.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of technical procedures at NVQ Level 3 in pharmacy services
- Awareness of COSHH
- Knowledge of dispensing procedures
- Knowledge of medicines management standards & procedures
Experience
Essential criteria
- To have worked as a Pharmacy Technician for a minimum of 1 year
Desirable criteria
- Experience working on a ward environment
- Experience in an NHS hospital environment
- Ascribe/Emis computer experience
- Experience of one stop dispensing
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Physical effort – strength to move heavy boxes
- Good timekeeping
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Ashbrook
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5842
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