Medicines Management Technician

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 4/5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (part time hours are available) Job ref 190-0189-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Town Sheffield Salary £26,530 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 21/04/2025 23:59 Interview date 30/04/2025

NHS AfC: Band 4/5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we'll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Would you like the opportunity to work as a part of a progressive, patient-focused pharmacy service? Are you a self-motivated, positive individual who would like to play an integral part in growing the reputation of the pharmacy and contributing to service developments?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative individual to join our expanding pharmacy team. Being one of the biggest pharmacy departments in the country, the team at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust comprises approximately 500 pharmacy staff working across five sites.

We have opportunities to cover a multitude of areas including specialist areas such as Surgery, Critical care, Neuro and respiratory, among other areas. Full training will be provided.

Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians qualifying/registering this summer are welcome to apply for this post. GPHC Registration will be required to start in the post following all other recruitment checks.

Main duties of the job

• Ordering cost-effective and appropriate supplies of medicinal products.
• Assessing the suitability for re-use of patients' own medication.
• Managing medicines at discharge.
• Working within a diverse multidisciplinary team.
• Supporting the dispensary by undertaking dispensing and accredited checking of prescriptions.
• Stock control and cost-saving exercises.
• Patient counselling.

Working for our organisation

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. It is an energetic and vibrant organisation that places patients and staff at the heart of everything we do. We provide a range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield.

Our inclusive and diverse pharmacy department has a strong clinical presence in all areas. We are innovative and forward-thinking and have invested in a host of technical improvements, including robotics and a state-of-the-art, multi-million-pound technical services unit. We offer a wide range of roles across different areas of the service including Clinical Ward Services, Aseptic Services, Homecare, and Medicines Supply.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to the professional development of its staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

The trust will give you time to use your skills and help you develop a fulfilling career as well as a commitment to support flexible working and can support such things as part-time or condensed hours or job share. We encourage candidates to state any form of flexible working they would like to explore in their application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria and person specification criteria.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed-term contract basis for a period of 18 months due to this being an apprenticeship/training programme. The fixed-term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed-term contracts.

Please note this post is provisionally at AFC band 4, progressing to a permanent band 5 position upon successful completion of competencies and Accredited Checking Technician qualification. Should you already meet the band 5 criteria you will be appointed to this on a permanent contract.

A learner/applicant must be a UK, EEA, or EU resident for at least the past three years to undertake an apprenticeship training programme.

Please note, this advertisement is for both full-time and part-time opportunities.

Person specificationEducation and Qualifications

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent qualification/experience (band 4 and 5)
• NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent qualification/experience (band 4 and 5)
• GPHC registered Pharmacy Technician (band 4 and 5)
• Willing to undertake accredited checking qualification (band 4)
• Evidence of continuous professional development (band 4 and 5)
• Microsoft Office Packages – evidence of short courses or relevant experience (band 4 and 5)
• Accredited Checking qualification (Band 5)

Experience

• Successful completion of a competency training package including: Labelling and dispensing of prescriptions (band 4 and 5)
• Experience of using pharmacy based computer systems (band 4 and 5)
• Experience of working as part of a team (band 4 and 5)
• Excellent customer service skills demonstrable from previous experience working within pharmacy (band 4 and 5)
• Experience of working with automated dispensing systems (band 4 and 5)
• Experience of working at ward level as a medicines management technician (band 5)

Skills and Knowledge

• Work to high standards of accuracy and reliability demonstrable from experience (Band 4 and 5)
• Ability to communicate effectively demonstrable from experience (band 4 and 5)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to form positive relationships (band 4 and 5)
• Evidence that you are able to work independently using own initiative (band 4 and 5)
• Evidence that you have the ability to prioritise tasks (band 4 and 5)
• Evidence that you have the ability to concentrate for long periods and work under pressure (band 4 and 5)
• Evidence of customer service skills (band 4 and 5)

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name STH Medicines Management Service Managers Job title Medicines Management Service Manager Email address sth.mmsmanagement@nhs.net Telephone number 0114 2267050 Additional information

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