Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department is passionate about developing an excellent clinical pharmacy service and is looking for enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated technicians to join our team.

Due to recent developments and advancements with investment into our Clinical Pharmacy Services, we are recruiting a Band 5 Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for aspirational, enthusiastic, self-motivated and compassionate individuals to develop and advance their careers within clinical patient-facing roles.

Main duties of the job

You will be professionally registered Pharmacy Technicians, organised, resourceful, have excellent time management skills and be able to demonstrate initiative to contribute to our rapidly growing team.

We welcome applications from community or candidates from other sectors of Pharmacy seeking new experiences or are keen to develop their skills in a different area of practice.

Existing Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technicians and Medicines Management trained candidates are also welcome to apply; possession of these post qualification courses is desirable.

We will provide full training and access to accredited courses that are approved against national frameworks.

The post holder will primarily be working at ward level providing a pharmacy service to include assessment of Patient's Own Drugs (PODs), Medicines Reconciliation, Supply of medicines and counselling. A full and comprehensive training package will be provided.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Date posted

18 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6440958NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will primarily be working at ward level providing a pharmacy service to include assessment of Patients Own Drugs (PODs), Medicines Reconciliation, Supply of medicines and counselling. A full and comprehensive training package will be provided.

See attached the job description and specification for more information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached the job description and specification for more information.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services & appropriate underpinning knowledge
Accredited Checking Technician
Accredited Medicines Optimisation qualifications
Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

Practice Supervisor accreditation (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

Post qualification Pharmacy experience in Acute UK hospital/Community
Experience or awareness of ward based or medicine management technician roles.
Experience of patient counselling

Desirable

Experience of undertaking audit/project work
Experience of delivering developmental feedback

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services & appropriate underpinning knowledge
Accredited Checking Technician
Accredited Medicines Optimisation qualifications
Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

Practice Supervisor accreditation (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

Post qualification Pharmacy experience in Acute UK hospital/Community
Experience or awareness of ward based or medicine management technician roles.
Experience of patient counselling

Desirable

Experience of undertaking audit/project work
Experience of delivering developmental feedback

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).