Rotational Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

*MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE*

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our friendly pharmacy team. The right candidate should be a GPhC registered pharmacy technician who is committed, enthusiastic, hardworking and has great attention to detail. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the existing weekend and bank holiday rotas within the pharmacy dispensary.

They will also have a chance to rotate around the different areas of hospital pharmacy and gain a wealth of experience; working in dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services.

Previous experience of working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community pharmacy setting is preferred, but not essential. We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacy technicians or from those who are due to qualify and register as a pharmacy technician shortly.

We are an innovative and forward thinking department and have a great history of ‘growing our own’ talented workforce. We invest in people and there are opportunities for training and further development within this role.

Main duties of the job

Service Delivery Responsibilities

• To work across dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services and deputise for Senior Pharmacy Technicians or Lead Pharmacy Technicians when asked to do so.
• To become proficient in working across dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services so that they are able to train other colleagues when working in these areas.

Dispensary Area

To work under the direction of the Dispensary Management Team, to be aware of and follow all written Standard Operating Procedures and to fulfil the following duties:

• Dispensing for inpatients, outpatients and for discharges.
• Replenishment of dispensary stocks.
• Counselling outpatients on their medication and being aware of when to refer to a Pharmacist for further advice.
• Dispensing of Controlled Drugs.
• Dispensing of stocks for wards, departments, other hospitals and local authority clinics.
• To work towards providing dispensing accuracy checks by training as an Accredited Checking Technician.
• To ensure the collection of prescription charges & money from sale of products follows Trust Standing Financial instructions.
• To support the Dispensary Management Team in carrying out and sustaining efficiency changes.
• Answering the phone in absence of the dispensary receptionist and liaising with other health professionals to solve day to day dispensary related queries.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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