Job overview
This post is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacy technician to join our friendly pharmacy team in delivering a high quality pharmacy service to our patients & clinical trials service.
The successful candidate will work between clinical services (ward and dispensary) & Clinical trials. We are a department that is committed to the extended role of technicians and you will be encouraged to develop your skills in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice in our busy department whilst focusing on the clinical trials support that we offer.
Applicants will hold a valid BTEC & NVQ level 3 Pharmaceutical Science Certificate and be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Clinical Trials experience is desirable.
If you have the ability to work using your own initiative, have good communication skills, a high level of accuracy and are keen to develop your skills this is the job for you!
The pharmacy team has a proven track record of innovation and delivering excellent patient care as part of the wider MDT. You will be joining a supportive team where the focus is about working hard but having the correct work life balance.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include:
1. Support the clinical trials team to supply clinical trial medication to patients and maintain all regulatory paperwork in line with Good Clinical Practice and study specific requirements.
2. Provide a medicines management service to an inpatient ward including drug history, and medicines reconciliation.
3. Responsible for safe, efficient and effective checking of prescriptions dispensed by other members of the pharmacy team in the dispensary and ward based (including Clinical Trials).
4. Being part of the ward MDT and the wider pharmacy team. This includes being part of the pharmacy weekend and bank holiday rota.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Swansea Bay offers great opportunities outside of work to unwind and enjoy yourself with outstanding beaches, areas of natural beauty in the Gower peninsula and many outdoor sports including biking, sailing and wind surfing.
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. NVQ3 and BTEC in pharmaceutical science (or equivalent).
2. Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician and Medicines Management qualified or relevant demonstrable experience to degree level.
3. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Significant experience of working in a hospital pharmacy department or equivalent.
5. Experience of managing staff.
6. Ability to work as a ‘lead’ technician.
Desirable criteria
7. Proven track record of competence.
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential criteria
8. Ability to manage the day to day provision of pharmacy service within area and act as a role model and provide advice to junior staff.
9. Ability to know when to refer to Pharmacist and to work independently with full range of local pharmacy codes and procedures.
10. Good verbal/written communication skills, problem solving as well as innovative and well organised.
11. Good communicator, motivated, able to work as part of a team.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable