Senior Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary and Distribution

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,700+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

The South West London Collaborative Bank

Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Wellbeing Chaplains who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Chaplains are part of a wider team of practitioners: a Physiotherapist, a Clinical Psychologist and a Counsellor. This team works together to enhance KHFT staff wellbeing and promote a healthy work-life balance.
-Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.

-HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are: 

- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Job overview

Kingston Hospital Pharmacy are looking for a dynamic and motivated rotational Pharmacy Technician to join us as a Senior Technician to help assist the day to day running of dispensary and pharmacy stores and run an efficient and effective service. You will rotate through both areas on a 6 month basis. You would also be expected to deputise for the purchasing co-ordinator on an ad-hoc basis. This role will suit someone with existing hospital or community pharmacy experience with an interest in pharmacy dispensary and distribution.

Main duties of the job

To deputise the Dispensary and Stores Manager to oversee the day to day running of both departments on a rota basis.

Responsible to lead the teams and implement changes that benefit the Department.

Undertake training to becoming a Practice Supervisor and to complete Clinical Trials training.

You will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work under pressure, with attention to detail and be able to multi-task and meet deadlines while working in a fast paced environment.

Working for our organisation

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy Department provides a high quality, professional pharmacy service and has an excellent reputation within the Trust. Both the Pharmacy Department and the Trust have a long-standing reputation for being a friendly and rewarding place to work.

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our four values are that we are all:

Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants
Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution

Inspiring – we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Rotate between departments gaining experience and knowledge in both.

Supervise the dispensary and make sure all of the work is completed and sent to the wards in a timely manner.

Supervise the pharmacy stores and oversee the supply of medicines to wards.

Deputising the dispensary and procurement leads.

Completing regular stock checks to minimise any discrepancies.

To provide cover for the purchasing coordinator.

****Please refer to the attached job description and specification for more information****

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BTec or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent) Practice Supervisor or will obtain within 18 months of starting in post Accuracy Checking Qualification

Desirable criteria

A1 NVQ Assessor / Educational Supervisor

Experience and Skills

Essential criteria

Recent dispensing experience in a Hospital or community environment Ward top-ups Knowledge of your professional code of conduct and guidance issued by the GPhC Ability to identify and initiate change

Desirable criteria

Pharmacy purchasing experience Supervising Pharmacy Assistants or Technicians

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Salary : 

For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range. 

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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