Pharmacy Technician

2 weeks ago

Grimsby, United Kingdom Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a pharmacy technician or a pre-registration pharmacy technician who is near to completion of their course and registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Would you like to try something different, why not take us up on the opportunity to join our ward-based pharmacy team in a role where you would be providing a near-patient service.

This is an opportunity to learn and develop new skills, whilst working in the ward environment as part of the clinical pharmacy team .

We are a progressive department in a Trust that encourages and supports quality improvement to deliver the best services we can for our patients. We are actively using skill mix and role development to enhance job content and quality across all levels of the department.

Our team of technical and non-technical staff has a high profile within the Trust and we have an opportunity for you to join our friendly and supportive Clinical Pharmacy team at Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will perform a range of activities; the core being to work as part of the ward-based clinical Pharmacy team, completing medicines reconciliation for our patients and all associated tasks, in addition you will work in the dispensary to undertake some dispensing and final accuracy checking of prescriptions. Training for all areas of work will be provided.

Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) is well established in the Trust.

We offer a career progression pathway from Band 4 to Band 5 with the following criteria:

The completion of a development programme such as CPPE modules relevant to the role or equivalent which demonstrates your ability and competence to works as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician If you are a registered Pharmacy Technician or will be in the near future and want to try hospital pharmacy we can provide the opportunity for applicants to train in the hospital environment, gain the required skills and achieve completion of the required development programme.

About us

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

oNationally recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification such as NVQ3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent level oRegistered with the General Pharmaceutical Council oHolds a Nationally/Regionally accredited Technician Checker qualification or a willingness to undertake in house training

Occupational Experience

Essential

oDemonstrable relevant experience working within a Pharmacy environment ideally from a hospital pharmacy setting, but not necessary as relevant training will be provided.

Desirable

oExperience in hospital pharmacy which included medicine reconciliation, patient counselling and use of patients own drugs

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