Pharmacy Technician

NHS Professionals Limited

The closing date is 31 March 2025

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Job summary

We have flexible bank shifts and long-term placement opportunities available for GPhC registered pharmacy technicians at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will join a team of specialist and generalist clinical pharmacists, medicines optimisation technicians and pharmacy assistants in delivering high quality, safe and effective care to patients and service users.

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours) post for a Band 4 pharmacy technician who will play an integral part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and working closely within the multi-disciplinary team.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£14.89 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

M0042-25-0855

Job locations

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post registration.

Communicating effectively with patients and/or carers, giving appropriate advice to and counselling patients and their representatives about how to use their medicines.

Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.

Providing medicines management or other technical information to healthcare professionals both within and externally to the trust to ensure continuity of care.

Supervising day to day work of pharmacy support workers and junior staff, allocating tasks when necessary to meet workload demands.

Responsible for the contribution to service improvement, evaluation and development.

Responsible for the safe storage and supply of medicines.

Carrying out any other duties as may be required by the pharmacist or senior pharmacy technician in charge of the section.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post registration.

Communicating effectively with patients and/or carers, giving appropriate advice to and counselling patients and their representatives about how to use their medicines.

Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.

Providing medicines management or other technical information to healthcare professionals both within and externally to the trust to ensure continuity of care.

Supervising day to day work of pharmacy support workers and junior staff, allocating tasks when necessary to meet workload demands.

Responsible for the contribution to service improvement, evaluation and development.

Responsible for the safe storage and supply of medicines.

Carrying out any other duties as may be required by the pharmacist or senior pharmacy technician in charge of the section.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC
  • Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy)
  • This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy especially medicines reconciliation and medicines history taking
  • Attention to detail and accurate in work
  • Able to use a range information technology programmes effectively
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC
  • Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy)
  • This must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy especially medicines reconciliation and medicines history taking
  • Attention to detail and accurate in work
  • Able to use a range information technology programmes effectively

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD


Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD


Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Luiza Zagoni

uhsrecruitment@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£14.89 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

M0042-25-0855

Job locations

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

Tremona Road

Southampton

SO16 6YD


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