Pharmacy Technician
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Job summary
Are you a registered hospital or community pharmacy technician looking to move into secondary care? You will need strong communication and team working skills along with drive and enthusiasm for this role at SASH. Depending on your experience you may be able join us a band 5 immediately. Alternatively, join us as band 4 and when you have gained your accuracy checking and medicines management accreditations you will move to band 5. Full training is provided in order for you to progress.
Our technician posts are rotational including Acute Medicine, General Medicine, Respiratory, Cardiology, Stroke, Elderly, Gastroenterology, Emergency Department, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Cancer Services, Clinical Trials and Distribution. Additionally, some of our elderly wards are now technician-led, with pharmacist clinical support as needed. We are ideally looking for a technician with hospital experience who has used EPMA, however we are happy to develop community-based technicians who are not afraid of change and who have the determination and ambition to make a difference to patient care in this sector.
Our Pharmacy Department is a friendly and progressive department that benefits from an extremely successful working relationship between our clinical and technical teams, with a strong emphasis on training and development. We welcome those that are patient-focused and want to deliver a high quality clinical service.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation's top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
Details
Date posted
05 January 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £34,581 a year plus high cost allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
326-5939198-RB
Job locations
East Surrey Hospital
Canada Avenue
Redhill
RH1 5RH
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
East Surrey Hospital
Canada Avenue
Redhill
RH1 5RH
Employer's website
https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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