Band 5 Pharmacy Technician

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Grade: Band 5

Ward/Dept: Pharmacy

Trust: Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Location: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX

Hours: Primarily Adhoc Weekends

Pay:

Days£17.69

Saturday£23.88

Sunday £29.18

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

PAHT is one of only six hospital trusts nationally to be awarded funding to build a fabulous new hospital for our local people that will deliver first class services and patient care to our growing local population for many years to come.

PAHT is a very welcoming place to work, where colleagues collaborate across disciplines and specialities and there is a shared focus on providing excellent patient care.

The Pharmacy Dispensary team dispense and check all medicines for prescribed at The Princess Alexandra Hospital and our other local hospitals. The team of dispensers, technicians and pharmacists work hard to safely turn prescriptions around as quickly as possible.

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career?

Princess Alexandra Hospital have exciting opportunities for Pharmacy Technician’s to join their team.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you work as part of the Pharmacy team to provide an effective pharmacy service in the Pharmacy Dispensary, at Ward Level and to support the dispensing of out-patient prescriptions.

Your main duties in this role are as follows:

· Check patients own medications and assess their suitability for use following set criteria.

· Transcribe in-patient, stock items and 'one stop’ dispensed items, ensure validation is carried out by the pharmacist.

· Ensure patients are counselled on the appropriate use of each new medication prescribed and discharge medication, following criteria.

· Organise stock and non-stock provision, including Controlled Drug supply.

· Identify, select dispense and distribute drugs for in and outpatients’ prescriptions and discharge summaries.

· Carry out Reception duties and operate the automated pharmacy storage and dispensing system.

· Assist in the training of Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officers and Student Medical Technical Officers.

To be successful in applying for this role:

You should be methodical and organised, with effective communication skills and can prioritise work effectively with good attention to detail skills. The ability to work effectively as part of a team, is essential, along with being flexible with working hours to be able to support an on-call rota. You must have a relevant qualification in Pharmaceutical Science (NVQ Level 3 and BTWC or equivalent) and be registered with GPHC having gained two years post qualification experience in a hospital setting. You must be able to complete regional Accredited Checking Technician scheme.

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

Why NHS Professionals?

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!

· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England

· Dedicated consultants

· Flexible working options

· Free DBS and free training

· Build holiday allowance

· Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days

· Stakeholder pension scheme