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Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary and Ward

On-site in Oxford·Full-time·Added today (last checked 29 Oct)

Our summary

Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 a year

About £2,220 - £2,640 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Oxford
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Closing date
Apply by Thursday 12 November

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification. Registered with GPhC
  • Comprehensive dispensary experience and knowledge in either Hospital or Community
  • Previous experience of training/supervision of other staff
  • Enthusiastic and responsible attitude
  • Good interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills with staff inside and outside of the department.
  • Team player who is considerate to the needs and feelings of others in the Team and works to the Trust values.
  • Able to acknowledge, appreciate and conform to change that occurs.
  • Accredited for Medicines Optimisation work (MMT)
  • Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and accurate in your work and with attention to detail.,
  • Responsive to direction and constructive feedback.
  • Accredited Checking Technician
  • A role model that demonstrates a professional attitude at all times.
  • Experience of using an automated dispensing system.

Nice to have

  • Uses own initiative and can work alone.
  • To be able to take part in the induction of new staff to the department as necessary. Play a key role in the Health and Safety of yourself and that of your working colleagues in the Department.
  • Experience of pharmacy stores and distribution
  • Patient counselling skills
  • First aid trained
  • Fire Marshall trained
  • Completion of recognised Leadership Training programme

The role

The John Radcliffe Pharmacy department is looking for Registered Pharmacy Technician to join them! This is an exciting opportunity for those who would like to gain hospital experience, working both in dispensary & on the wards.

The post holders will support  both our Dispensary and Clinical services and ensure that our patients receive the best care possible. This opportunity is ideal for those would like to gain hospital pharmacy experience. Applicants must hold the NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy services or equivalent recognised qualification, applicants must also be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

What you'll do

The Pharmacy Technician role is varied, and requires flexibility in your approach to work, supporting both dispensary, stores and ward-based work on the John Radcliffe Hospital  site. The successful applicant will be required to assist in the smooth running of the dispensary, providing co-ordinator support to the dispensary team together with our Senior Technicians, or in the absence of the Senior Technician, and at weekends. You will support the training and induction of new members of the team, pharmacy apprentices, trainee technicians and pharmacists working alongside you.

This role includes labelling, dispensing and checking duties, monitoring of workload and our tracking screen to support our TTO KPI, patient counselling and much more! Ward based tasks will include assessing of patients own drugs, medicines reconciliation and one stop ordering. Excellent customer service skills are essential in this role as you will answer the phone, dealing with queries from our service users, and cover both staff and out-patient reception. Stores responsibilities include supporting ward and fluid top up services to clinical areas, receipting of deliveries and stock management processes.

We are lucky to be supported by ever evolving technology, with electronic prescribing and a robot to support the labelling and dispensing of medications.  The successful applicant will be trained in the full use of the robotic system on either site.

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.

About Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Additional information

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