Job summary
Are you hard working, organised and looking to work as part of a team? If so then Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician Higher Level at Munster Barracks, North Yorkshire.
This post is Full-Time position offering 37.5 hours a week.
As a Pharmacy Technician Higher Level, your duties are running of the dispensary in the Healthcare Facility. Working without pharmacist’s supervision and has overall responsibility for the safe and accurate ordering, storage and dispensing of all medicines and medicinal products as prescribed by Medical Officers and other authorised prescribers and those medications that can be supplied by Nurses and by Medics.
Benefits include:
- Free Parking
- Shop on Site Gym
- NHS Pension
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities are delivering a consistently high-quality dispensary service and assists in the delivery of an effective medicines management service to entitled personnel within the multi-disciplinary.
The post holder will be required to work across two Dispensaries in the Catterick Medical Centre (CMC) and the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick as part of a team of Pharmacy Technicians. The main location will be the CMC Catterick as part of a 3–4-person team rotating through the ITC Catterick as necessary. The post is unsupervised and requires the post holder to jointly manage the day to day running of the dispensary at CMC Catterick or ITC Catterick.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the successful candidate, your main duties include but are not limited to:
- Communicating with patients, parents and carers regarding prescribed medicines, further supplies, and prescription payments.
- Managing medical products supplied by nurses under Patient Group Directions (PGD) and Medics under Medic Issue Protocols (MIPs) as authorised by the Senior Medical Officer.
- Procuring receipt, safe custody, and appropriate storage of all medicinal products including Controlled Drugs following current legislation and Defence Primary Healthcare Policy.
- Housekeeping of the dispensary including stock checks, stock rotation and monitoring of time expiry drugs to minimise wastage as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Joint lead for temperature controlled cold chain and ambient items within the Medical Centre.
- Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.
- Assisting Senior Medical Officer with High-Risk Medicines management monitoring and searches as required.
- Co-coordinating and maintaining the Central Alerting System (CAS) / Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Alert records.
- Submitting reports, monthly returns, and dispensary statistics, as required by the practice and DPHC. · Undertake professional audit / assessment in line with practice and Defence Primary Healthcare requirements.
- Keeping up to date with prescribing and dispensing issues and safety issues such as product recalls and safety alerts.
- Providing in-service training on pharmacy related issues to practice staff, doctors, nurses, and medics as needed within professional scope of competence.
- Assisting nursing and military medical staff in the adherence of all relevant policies and guidance notes.
- Ensuring adherence to Patient Group Directions by authorised users within Defence Primary Healthcare.
- Ensuring adherence to all applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Local Working Practices (LWPs) produced pertaining to dispensary.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core- NHSC1- Communication
- NHS Core- NHSC2- Personal & People Development
- NHS Core- NHSC3- Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core- NHSC4- Service Improvement
- NHS Core- NHSC5- Quality
- NHSCORE- NHSC6- Equality and Diversity
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the successful candidate, your main duties include but are not limited to:
- Communicating with patients, parents and carers regarding prescribed medicines, further supplies, and prescription payments.
- Managing medical products supplied by nurses under Patient Group Directions (PGD) and Medics under Medic Issue Protocols (MIPs) as authorised by the Senior Medical Officer.
- Procuring receipt, safe custody, and appropriate storage of all medicinal products including Controlled Drugs following current legislation and Defence Primary Healthcare Policy.
- Housekeeping of the dispensary including stock checks, stock rotation and monitoring of time expiry drugs to minimise wastage as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Joint lead for temperature controlled cold chain and ambient items within the Medical Centre.
- Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.
- Assisting Senior Medical Officer with High-Risk Medicines management monitoring and searches as required.
- Co-coordinating and maintaining the Central Alerting System (CAS) / Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Alert records.
- Submitting reports, monthly returns, and dispensary statistics, as required by the practice and DPHC. · Undertake professional audit / assessment in line with practice and Defence Primary Healthcare requirements.
- Keeping up to date with prescribing and dispensing issues and safety issues such as product recalls and safety alerts.
- Providing in-service training on pharmacy related issues to practice staff, doctors, nurses, and medics as needed within professional scope of competence.
- Assisting nursing and military medical staff in the adherence of all relevant policies and guidance notes.
- Ensuring adherence to Patient Group Directions by authorised users within Defence Primary Healthcare.
- Ensuring adherence to all applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Local Working Practices (LWPs) produced pertaining to dispensary.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application. At interview, you will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core- NHSC1- Communication
- NHS Core- NHSC2- Personal & People Development
- NHS Core- NHSC3- Health, Safety & Security
- NHS Core- NHSC4- Service Improvement
- NHS Core- NHSC5- Quality
- NHSCORE- NHSC6- Equality and Diversity
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, <a href=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans/>Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans</a>
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with GPhC (achieved via NVQ Level 3/BTEC Pharmaceutical science qualification, or grand-parenting) plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.
- Practical experience to be able to operate in a singleton post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with GPhC (achieved via NVQ Level 3/BTEC Pharmaceutical science qualification, or grand-parenting) plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.
- Practical experience to be able to operate in a singleton post.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
