Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Have you ever considered a career in the NHS or the ambulance service?

When you think of pharmacy - you often think of community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, etc. However, have you ever thought about medicines in the ambulance service?

The pharmacy team have grown in skills and function within the last 10 years, and we are now in a position to recruit a Pharmacy Technician at both of our sites in Exeter and Bristol. Our Pharmacy Technicians will be part of a wider team and will support with medicines management Trust wide, as well as extending responsibilities to support with our new Medicines Repacking Service.

The Pharmacy Technician will be key in supporting the Trust to improve medicines based processes, increase efficiency and identify areas of improvements.

This post is listed with the location;

Unit 111, Emerald Park, Emersons Green, Bristol, BS167FG

They will be moving to this site in the autumn of 2023 - if you are successful in the post prior to the move your base site will be Bristol Ambulance Station, Croydon St, Easton, Bristol BS5 0DA.

Main duties of the job

This position involves supervising the Pharmacy team, managing stocks, ensuring the right stock levels of medicines and drug bags/pouches across the Trust, implementing safe and secure methods of handling and storing medicines, develop service improvements, reduce wastage and improve efficiencies.

You will play a critical role in supplying our operational colleagues with medicines as part of the medicines bag / pouch repacking service based out of our two central locations. The repacking service provides pre-packed, sealed medicines bags to ambulance stations ready for operational use which enables crews to utilise their clinical time effectively and focus on patient care.

Supervisory duties of the Pharmacy team to ensure stocks are ordered correctly, stock levels are maintained, stock issues are resolved quickly. We are compliant with audits and working to SOP's and polices.

We are looking for a qualified Pharmacy Technician, who would be happy to drive to other sites if needed, has excellent planning and organisational skills and can effectively communicate. Good I.T skills would also be desirable.

You will need to have held a full driving licence for more than 2 years with a maximum 3 penalty points.

About us

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 5,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

To view the Trust's Mission, Vision, Values and Goals clickhere

Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Supply and Delivery Service - North

Unit 111, Emerald Park, Emersons Green,

Bristol,

BS16 7FG

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Supply and Delivery Service - North

Unit 111, Emerald Park, Emersons Green,

Bristol,

BS16 7FG

Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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