Pharmacy Technician Band 4

Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

• Recent experience of working in a busy hospital Pharmacy
• Experience of ward based medicines management processes, including assessment of patients own medicines

Skill and Knowledge

Essential

• Good working knowledge of pharmaceutical practice
• Good therapeutics knowledge of frequently use medicines
• Can communicate effectively verbally and in writing with patients and service users, particularly by telephone
• Able to prioritise own workload within the scope of organised rotas and use initiative
• Able to work unsupervised
• Able to work as part of a large team
• Good numeracy skills
• Good customer care skills
• Familiarity with the necessary keyboard skills required to use the departmental computer systems

Desirable

• Knowledge / Awareness of stock control systems
• Competent in aseptic preparative techniques. Good knowledge of policies and procedures

Other Factors

Essential

• Respect for working colleagues, other disciplines and the public
• Able to meet the demands of a busy department and specifically to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• Able to accept guidance, direction and constructive criticism

Desirable

• Practical, enthusiastic and self motivated

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC National Certificate in Pharmacy services and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy services or the recognised equivalent Certificated Pharmacy Technician qualification
• Good general education , preferably Mathematics , English and 2 other subjects at GCSE level grade C or above

Desirable

• Substantive post registration Hospital experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Tameside Hospital

Fountain Street

Ashton-Under-Lyne

OL6 9RW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/

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