Job overview
Due to the promotion of existing Band 4s, we are looking for 2 highly motivated, responsible, and reliable pharmacy technicians to join our friendly, well established, and hardworking teams in the Inpatient Dispensary.
Are you hardworking, friendly, enthusiastic, registered or soon to be registered; then we're looking for you to join our dedicated support services team?
This post requires candidates who are flexible, looking to progress their careers and above all be passionate and focused on providing the best possible patient care.
You may be looking to expand your hospital experience or make that leap from community. We'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Our established technician post offers a breadth of pharmacy experience including working in our state of the art robotic dispensary and with an opportunity to access an introduction to distribution and procurement.
For anyone looking for a role with plenty of variety and a stepping stone route for career progression this is the role for .
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts and offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualification & Registration
Essential criteria
1. NVQ & BTec or Apprenticeship in Pharmaceutical science/studies
2. Registration with GPhC
3. Final accuracy Checking (ACPT)
Desirable criteria
4. Hospital experience
5. Experience in use of CMM (JAC) pharmacy computer system
These include but aren't limited to:-
6. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
7. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
8. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
9. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
10. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
11. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
12. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
13. Cycle to work scheme
14. Uniform provided (where required)
15. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
16. On site health and fitness club
17. On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
18. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.