Pharmacy Technician Higher Level Medicines Management and Procurement

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Technician Higher Level Medicines Management and Procurement who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you looking to join a forward-thinking, progressive Pharmacy Department? Do you want to make a real difference to patient safety and the patient journey? Why not join our team of Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants to gain experience in ward-based medicines management.

The Pharmacy department is looking to recruit an experienced pharmacy technician who wants to extend their knowledge and skills, while working as a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician on the wards, and supporting the Purchasing team with procurement of medicines.

You must be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician or working towards it. You will have an enthusiastic approach to education and training, multidisciplinary team working and a passion for frontline patient care. Full training will be provided on medicines reconciliation and other in house procedures.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To participate and assist in the development of the medicines management process on designated wards within the hospital.

To train other technicians, pharmacists, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals in the medicines management process.

To carry out general dispensing, drug distribution and associated pharmaceutical duties for the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

You will help with the training of technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and assistants, junior pharmacists, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the medicines management process.

To act as an NVQ assessor for Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers (if appropriate)

To act as an accredited final checker in the dispensary and on designated wards.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC as a technician
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
• Current, relevant knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures acquired though training, experience and knowledge
• An accreditation in Medicines Management

Desirable

• National certificate in Medicines Management

Previous Experience

Essential

• Appropriate post qualification hospital experience
• Achievement of Knowledge Skills Framework for band 4 post
• bility to work within clearly defined occupational polices and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Proven ability to manage own workload and the workload of others, delegating supervision activities as appropriate
• Knowledge and experience of recording data, including sensitive information, on pharmacy computerised data record system
• Experience of dispensing drugs for patients, clients in specialist area, providing advice to patients, care

Desirable

• Training staff
• Audit
• Experience in developing and implementing SOPs
• Experience in drug procurement or homecare service.

Skills

Essential

• Training
• Proven ability to undertake audit/project
• Proven time management skills
• Organisational skills
• Proven communication skills
• Good team player
• Able to use initiative
• IT skills - able to use email, word, excel

Desirable

• Ability to write a procedure /guidelines
• Supervisory skills
• Flexible
• Creative thinker
• Knowledge of Pharmacy computer, including Wellsky (Careflow MM), robot

Knowledge

Essential

• Dispensing
• Pharmaceutical Law
• Pharmaceutical Practice
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice
• Drug Distribution, homecare and procurement
• Patient Counselling
• Completion of Stages 1 and 2 of Technician Self-Development Scheme, or equivalent
• CPD portfolio

Desirable

• Completion of Stage 3 Technician Self Development Scheme

Other Requirements

Essential

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC as a technician
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
• Current, relevant knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures acquired though training, experience and knowledge
• An accreditation in Medicines Management

Desirable

• National certificate in Medicines Management

Previous Experience

Essential

• Appropriate post qualification hospital experience
• Achievement of Knowledge Skills Framework for band 4 post
• bility to work within clearly defined occupational polices and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Proven ability to manage own workload and the workload of others, delegating supervision activities as appropriate
• Knowledge and experience of recording data, including sensitive information, on pharmacy computerised data record system
• Experience of dispensing drugs for patients, clients in specialist area, providing advice to patients, care

Desirable

• Training staff
• Audit
• Experience in developing and implementing SOPs
• Experience in drug procurement or homecare service.

Skills

Essential

• Training
• Proven ability to undertake audit/project
• Proven time management skills
• Organisational skills
• Proven communication skills
• Good team player
• Able to use initiative
• IT skills - able to use email, word, excel

Desirable

• Ability to write a procedure /guidelines
• Supervisory skills
• Flexible
• Creative thinker
• Knowledge of Pharmacy computer, including Wellsky (Careflow MM), robot

Knowledge

Essential

• Dispensing
• Pharmaceutical Law
• Pharmaceutical Practice
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice
• Drug Distribution, homecare and procurement
• Patient Counselling
• Completion of Stages 1 and 2 of Technician Self-Development Scheme, or equivalent
• CPD portfolio

Desirable

• Completion of Stage 3 Technician Self Development Scheme

Other Requirements

Essential

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

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


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

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital


Corys Mill Lane


Stevenage

SG1 4AB


United Kingdom



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