Job overview
Are you a pharmacy technician with experience of working Outpatient services?
Do you want the support and learning opportunities that being part of a large, professional team brings?
Are you looking for varied, meaningful work that has a direct impact on patient care?
Yes? That’s great! We have an exciting roles for one senior pharmacy technician to lead, supervise and co-ordinate the work of the dispensaries at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - St Helier site.
We’re a close-knit bunch, united in our purpose to providing a first-class service to our patients, whilst looking out for one another as a first-class team!
It’s fast paced and you’ll need a good eye for detail as well as excellent customer care skills in order to liaise effectively with our patients, and MDT members. You must be a qualified accredited checking technician (ACPT).
Taking up this post could be the start of something wonderful and the best decision you make this year. Tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification attached to the job description.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact Shamila Jeyasingham, Principal Pharmacist Outpatients on 0208 296 2000 ext 2466 or
Please note this post is a 2 day a week role and participates in Saturday and Sunday working as part of our 7-day service, Bank Holiday and late duty rotas.
Main duties of the job
Please note this post is a 2 day a week role and days must be consecutive and will be discussed at interview.
To assist in the management of the day to day operational organisation of the dispensaries, including the safe, efficient and timely dispensing of prescriptions following departmental policy, to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
2. Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate.
Desirable criteria
3. NVQ Practice and/or Educational Supervisor
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Post qualification hospital experience
5. Experience in supervision of staff
6. Patient counselling
7. Proven stock control experience and knowledge
Desirable criteria
8. Experience with the CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system
9. Understanding of and participation in data collection for KPIs and audit
10. Dispensing/supply of clinical trials
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
11. Ability to organise own workload and that of others
12. Computer literate for dispensing and stock keeping/issue purposes
13. Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
14. Effective communication skills, verbal and written using clear English and overcome barriers to understanding
15. Proven organisational skills
Desirable criteria
16. Ability to manage change
17. Experience in providing a ward-based service
18. Understanding of and participation in audit
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
______________________________________________________ Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at: Telephone: 02082963786 Text: 07501066267 Email: @. Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm. ______________________________________________________
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameShamila JeyasinghamJob titlePrincipal Pharmacist, OutpatientsEmail addressTelephone number0208 296 2000Additional information
or 0208 296 2000 ext 2466