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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties & 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
Key Duties & 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
Qualifications
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
Qualifications
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).
