Job summary
Here at Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are inclusive and dedicated, working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel!
We are currently recruiting two Pharmacy Technician posts. The successful candidates will be based at the two listed sites, HMS Nelson and HMS Collingwood. However, they will work as part of a
multidisciplinary primary healthcare team within a Group Practice delivering
general medical services and elements of occupational health to military
personnel and trainees; the Group Practice is formed of six sites and there is
an expectation the Pharm Techs may be required to work across these sites.
The positions offers 37.5 hours per week. The salary will be pro rata where the part time hours are undertaken and applications for part time or job share to cover these hours are welcome.
Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits Include:
- Free Parking
- Access to NHS Pension
- A Culture Encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
Main duties of the job
The two successful candidates will be working in a fast pace, demanding workload, and high risk environment. The Post Holders will work collaboratively with Clinical Staff and the
practice manager to ensure the implementation of the Medical Facility aims and
objectives in accordance with Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Defence Primary
Healthcare (DPHC) policies and procedures. They will be expected to be proactive in
identifying areas that could be changed and initiating necessary improvements.
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
Duties and
responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing a pharmacy dispensing service for
the medical facility and across Portsmouth
Combined Medical Practices (PMX) to entitled
personnel.
- Dispensing all medicines iaw current
regulations and prescribed by an authorised
prescriber.
- Being the Drug Safety Notice Lead, to inform
and publish all notices to patients and personnel.
- Holding copies of specimen signatures of all
authorised prescribers.
- Ordering, receipting, accounting and disposing for all
medicines and dispensary items through use of the
Contract Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) system.
Please pay particular attention to
the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role
requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be
completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be
held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel
for interview.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS General - NHS G1 - Learning & Development
- NHS G4 Financial Management
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB10 - Products
- NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK1 - Importation Processing
- NHS IK3 Knoweldge and Information Resources
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking
into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are
new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless
otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security
requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is
security check.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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
Duties and
responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:
- Providing a pharmacy dispensing service for
the medical facility and across Portsmouth
Combined Medical Practices (PMX) to entitled
personnel.
- Dispensing all medicines iaw current
regulations and prescribed by an authorised
prescriber.
- Being the Drug Safety Notice Lead, to inform
and publish all notices to patients and personnel.
- Holding copies of specimen signatures of all
authorised prescribers.
- Ordering, receipting, accounting and disposing for all
medicines and dispensary items through use of the
Contract Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) system.
Please pay particular attention to
the attached Job Description and Person Specification, which outlines the role
requirements in further detail.
Selection Process Details
The sift will be
completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be
held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel
for interview.
At interview, you
will be tested against the following NHS Technical Skills:
- NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
- NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
- NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
- NHS General - NHS G1 - Learning & Development
- NHS G4 Financial Management
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB10 - Products
- NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK1 - Importation Processing
- NHS IK3 Knoweldge and Information Resources
Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking
into account business needs.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are
new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless
otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.
Successful candidates must meet the security
requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is
security check.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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
- Registered under Part 1-Practising of the Register of Pharmacy Technicians with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC).
- Registration with GPhC (achieved via NVQ Level 3/BTEC Pharmaceutical Science qualification, or grand parenting)
- Post qualification experience in primary or secondary care dispensing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered under Part 1-Practising of the Register of Pharmacy Technicians with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPC).
- Registration with GPhC (achieved via NVQ Level 3/BTEC Pharmaceutical Science qualification, or grand parenting)
- Post qualification experience in primary or secondary care dispensing.
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
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).
