Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Techician - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job overview:

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical skills.

Are you looking for a challenge and the opportunity to develop your existing skills and broaden your knowledge? Do you have a passion for delivering excellent patient care? Do you want to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team as a Pharmacy drug administration technician on a ward.

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 x Pharmacy drug administration technicians on an Oncology/Haematology ward and one on a fast turnaround surgical ward

We are looking for a dynamic Registered Clinical Pharmacy Technician who would like to enhance their role while supporting an expanding service at ward level.

This is a pharmacy role which involves administrating medication to patients on the wards. All the positions are permanent posts.

Excellent hours to work, including no late nights - Week day hours are 7am to 3pm (weekends and bank holidays are worked on a rotational basis)

Main duties, tasks & skills required:

We strive to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally and this is that ideal career development prospect.

Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is really important to us. To help us achieve this, you must be an astute and driven individual to join our busy team.

You must have good organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and be able to show you are self
- motivated and flexible in your approach to your work to meet the requirements for our developing service.

You will have:

A nationally recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
An accredited accuracy checking qualification;
Ward experience in a hospital pharmacy environment;
A flexible approach to accommodate the needs of the service.
Good time management & organisational skills

About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description:

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:

Essential:

Or

GCSEs:
Mathematics, English and Science (Grade C/4 or equivalent) and two other GCSEs (Grade C/4) and successful achievement of the pharmacy service skills Level 2 NVQ qualification (or equivalent)

Or

Or

Degree in science or humanities and Mathematics B/5 (GCSE or equivalent)

Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians

Or

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science and Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills

or equivalent as defined by the General Pharmaceutical Council

Dispensing Accuracy Accreditation, West Midland's scheme or equivalent

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Professional Registration with the GPhC

Accredited Checking Technician (National Framework)

Experience:

Essential:

Two years' work experience in Pharmacy pre-qualification

Currently practicing as a band 4 pharmacy technician / equivalent or above with post-qualification experience within an acute setting

The ability to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge and the relevant practical experience for the post

Significant experience within a pharmacy setting

Experience of the specialist function for area of responsibility

Experience of organising other grades of staff and their workload

Experienced in working to policies and procedures

Significant experience within a hospital pharmacy setting

Understanding of Good Distribution Practice (GDP)

Health and Safety at Work and COSHH

Understanding of dispensing, stock control, supply and I.T systems and processes

Knowledge of Code