Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 per week)
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6457205-HSS-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- Epsom and St Helier
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 per annum pro rata including HCAS (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Pharmacy Technician
Band 4
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
**Post open to recently qualified technicians or those about to register**
Are you looking for a job who enjoys working in a team? Do you thrive working in a busy environment? Do you have excellent customer care skills and have pride in getting things right for your patients?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacy technician to complete our friendly team. You will develop skills in a range of areas rotating across the Epsom and St Helier sites.
We here at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, we are always looking to grow our teams with talented people, just like you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will spend four months in each area which includes working onwards in a medicine management capacity where you will carry out medicines reconciliations and work closely with the multidisciplinary team. You will also spend time in our in-patient/out-patient pharmacy, dispensing and counselling patients.
Applicants must have BTEC, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. ACPT and /or MOP would be a great advantage.
The post includes participation in weekends (7 days), bank holidays and late duty rotas.
There are three rotational posts available where the candidate will work across both Epsom and St Helier sites.
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.
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 or NVQ Level 3 in Hospital Pharmacy Services
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
- Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Computerised dispensing and stock control
- Patient counselling
- Hospital Pharmacy Technician training
- Customer care
Desirable criteria
- Experience with CMM computer systems (formerly known as JAC)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Ability to organise own workload
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.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Sarah Watts
- Job title
- Chief Technician, Patient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082964032
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