Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6456741-HSS-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 per annum pro rata including HCAS (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician, Patient Services
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
Are you a pharmacy technician with experience of working in hospital pharmacy?
Do you want the support and learning opportunities that being part of a large, professional team brings?
Are you looking for varied, meaningful work that has a direct impact on patient care?
Yes? That’s great! We have an exciting roles for two senior pharmacy technicians to lead, supervise and co-ordinate the work of the dispensaries at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - Epsom site.
We’re a close-knit bunch, united in our purpose to providing a first-class service to our patients, whilst looking out for one another as a first-class team!
It’s fast paced and you’ll need a good eye for detail as well as excellent customer care skills in order to liaise effectively with our patients, and MDT members. You must be a qualified accredited checking technician (ACPT).
Taking up one of these posts could be the start of something wonderful and the best decision you make this year. Tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification attached to the job description.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact Amy Steel, Principal Technician email: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
To assist in the management of the day to day operational organisation of the dispensaries, including the safe, efficient and timely dispensing of prescriptions following departmental policy, to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department.
Please note these posts participate in Saturday and Sunday working as part of our 7-day service, Bank Holiday and late duty rotas.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
We are very a 10-12 minute walk from Epsom Station and have good transport links with the 293 and 470 bus stopping right outside the hospital! We also have a free inter-site shuttle bus that can take you between hospital sites in the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification hospital experience
- Experience in supervision of staff
- Patient counselling
Desirable criteria
- Experience with the CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system
- Understanding of and participation in data collection for KPIs and audit
- Dispensing/supply of clinical trials
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise own workload and that of others
- Computer literate for dispensing and stock keeping/issue purposes
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage change
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Steel
- Job title
- Principal Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372 735 735
- Additional information
Ext 6698
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