Bank Pharmacy Technician

East London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 09 May 2025

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and committed pharmacy technician? If so we would like you to join our mental health pharmacy team. You will need to have the skills to be able to work within the wider multi-disciplinary team of nurses and doctors and other allied healthcare professionals and managers. You will want to develop and improve the reliability and quality of our clinical pharmacy service. You will need to have specific experience working with pharmacy teams and patients within the mental health setting. You will want to reach targets set by the Trust and by the pharmacy service. You must be self- motivated and able to motivate

This advert is for BANK recruitment however if you wish to join our team substantively, please check other live adverts.

The BANK position is to be covered flexibly between Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

It will mainly be based at City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health site, however it may cover dispensary slots in our Mile End dispensary hub.

Main duties of the job

Our dynamic and creative ELFT pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedfordshire, City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. This includes children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and community mental health services.You will also provide support to the medicines management technicians and pharmacists, provide operational support where required, provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in our directorate.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

Date posted

25 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£19.18 an hour Per Hour inc HCA+WTD

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

363-BANK-PHARACMTECH-APR25

Job locations

Pharmacy Department, City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health

City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health , Homerton row Hackney

London

E9 6SR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

BTEC/City and Guilds in Pharmacy, NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services
Registered Pharmacy Technician, or eligible to become registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Regional checking technician accreditation/ACPT qualified
AIMMS Accredited ( or working towards) ward technician

Experience

Essential

Success in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
Drug history taking
Ward based clinical work
Experience of dealing with the public

Desirable

Writing and Implementation of policies and procedures
Minimum 2 years in hospital pharmacy post qualification
Working within a multidisciplinary team
Implemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
Experience in tutoring and training
Previous experience of audit
Management Experience
Service Development
Experience of ordering and invoicing
Education. Teaching and Training

Personal Characteristics

Essential

Work calmly under pressure
Demonstrates an understanding of good time management skills
Has an understanding of the need for patient confidentiality

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

BTEC/City and Guilds in Pharmacy, NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services
Registered Pharmacy Technician, or eligible to become registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Regional checking technician accreditation/ACPT qualified
AIMMS Accredited ( or working towards) ward technician

Experience

Essential

Success in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
Drug history taking
Ward based clinical work
Experience of dealing with the public

Desirable

Writing and Implementation of policies and procedures
Minimum 2 years in hospital pharmacy post qualification
Working within a multidisciplinary team
Implemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
Experience in tutoring and training
Previous experience of audit
Management Experience
Service Development
Experience of ordering and invoicing
Education. Teaching and Training

Personal Characteristics

Essential

Work calmly under pressure
Demonstrates an understanding of good time management skills
Has an understanding of the need for patient confidentiality

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.