Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Technician

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Job summary

Are you a Hospital Pharmacy Technician or a Community Pharmacy Technician interested working in a hospital setting or want to develop in a new environment?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and well-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly Dispensary team at Kingston Hospital.

The post holder will primarily be working within the Dispensary. You will also be given the opportunity to develop your skills in Education and Training by completing your Practice Supervisor Training (PS).

We offer the opportunity to enhance existing skills, and develop new ones.

Main duties of the job

You must have a recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification and be registered with the GPHC. This post is also suitable for Technicians due to qualify within the next 3 months.

You will be required to work at Weekends, Bank Holidays and Late Duty according to rotas to support 7 day working.

Kingston Hospital Pharmacy Department is committed to providing an excellent high-quality medicines service to patients. In addition to effective communication and team-working skills you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have completed or be willing to undertake training to become an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT).

About us

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our five values are that we are all:

Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wantsSafe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

Value each other - we all value each other's contribution

Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£29,460 to £31,909 a year pa incl Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

396-NN-5959294-ACS-Y

Job locations

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

Job description

Job responsibilities

To dispense and supply accurately medicines to inpatients and support the medicines optimisation service to the wards.

To identify prescriptions that might present risks to patients and ensure that relevant issues are resolved before dispensing.

To dispense prescriptions for individual patients, ensuring that they are provided with the correct medicine, in the right form, in a timely manner.

To counsel patients on the safe use of medicines

Job description

Job responsibilities

To dispense and supply accurately medicines to inpatients and support the medicines optimisation service to the wards.

To identify prescriptions that might present risks to patients and ensure that relevant issues are resolved before dispensing.

To dispense prescriptions for individual patients, ensuring that they are provided with the correct medicine, in the right form, in a timely manner.

To counsel patients on the safe use of medicines

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BTec in Pharmaceutical Sciences
NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science (or equivalent)

Desirable

Accreditation in Checking of Dispensing

Experience and Skills

Essential

Dispensing and supply of medicines
NHS Dispensing practices
Excellent communication skills on both a written and verbal basis

Desirable

Recent UK NHS hospital experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BTec in Pharmaceutical Sciences
NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science (or equivalent)

Desirable

Accreditation in Checking of Dispensing

Experience and Skills

Essential

Dispensing and supply of medicines
NHS Dispensing practices
Excellent communication skills on both a written and verbal basis

Desirable

Recent UK NHS hospital experience

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)