NHS AfC: Band 5
Main area Hospital Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (weekend working as per department rota) Job ref 196-LIS9618
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Harefield Hospital Town Harefield Salary £34,521 - £41,956 p.a. inc. Outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a senior pharmacy technician to join the Pharmacy team at Harefield Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised technician to support and develop medicines management on the cardiothoracic and transplant wards. This role is an ideal opportunity for a technician looking to progress in their career and to specialise in these innovative and exciting fields. Experience in ward based medicines management is essential for this role.
* Lead the provision of medicines management to patients’ on the Cardiothoracic and Transplant Wards.
* Lead on medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, patient self-administration of medicine (SAM) schemes, reuse of patient’s own medicines, homecare services and ward stock management .
* Have the opportunity to qualify as an Educational Supervisor for student technicians and ATOs.
* Support the development of our medicines management services to the wards
* Work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality medicines management service.
Main duties of the job
* To lead on medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, reuse of patients own medicines and management of ward stock.
* To counsel patients on the use of their current medication and any new medication that is started by the Trust.
* To help lead the provision of the use of patients own drugs (POD’s) and patient self-administration of medicine (SAM) schemes.
* To act as an Educational Supervisor for student technicians and ATOs.
* Participate and lead in the development and maintenance of home care services, including generating homecare prescriptions.
* Work as an accredited checking technician in the dispensary and at a ward level.
* To provide support for clinical pharmacists.
* To liaise with and support dispensary services
* To liaise with and support nursing staff.
You will have:
Experience of relevant hospital pharmacy work and be registered with the GPHC
Hold the ACPT qualification
Hold AIMMS or MOP qualification or willing to undertake
Hold the Educational Supervisor qualification or willing to undertake
Have excellent organisational and time management skills and good customer service and communication skills
Evidence of effective team working
Experience of counselling patients
Evidence of good problem solving skills
Motivated and a “can do attitude”
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is among the largest in the UK and is recognised for its clinical excellence, teaching, and research. In addition to providing local hospital and community services, the Trust delivers specialist care in cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory, paediatrics, and Acute Medicine. Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Guy’s Cancer Centre are key components of its services.
In February 2021, the Trust merged with Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, forming one of Europe’s largest centres for heart and lung services. This merger enhances collaboration across services and research, enabling innovation and ensuring exceptional care for patients with complex conditions.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ continues to build on its legacy of delivering world-class care, with Acute Medicine at the forefront of its commitment to meeting the evolving needs of patients. The Trust is also committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for its patients and staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
* • BTEC or NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Science
* • Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
* • Accreditation in Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (AIMM) or Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP) - or willing to complete.
* • Educational supervisor qualification or equivalent.
Experience
* • Extensive hospital experience as a qualified Pharmacy technician in all aspects of pharmaceutical delivery
* • Experience in training staff
* • Experience of continual delivery of medicines management services at ward level
* • Good competence in patient counselling
* • Experience of stock management and top up service
* • Experience of guideline and/or policy development
* • Oral presentation to groups of healthcare professionals
Skills
* • Ability to work quickly, accurately and in an organised manner
* • The ability to identify and prioritise work
* • Leadership skills
* • Good team player
* • Extensive use of Pharmacy computer systems to delivery all aspects of Pharmacy services
* • Experience of EPIC
Skills (cont'd)
* • Attention to detail and accuracy
* • Professional demeanor with good communication
* • Enthusiastic, approachable, adaptable and assertive
* • Ability to work under pressure
Other Requirements
* • Requirement to be involved in bank holiday, weekend (including 7 day working)
* Experience of conducting pharmacy audit work
Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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