Bank Band 4 Pharmacy Tech
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, Greater London
Bank Band 4 Pharmacy Tech
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, Greater London
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 14 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 3322ac7b203d4e1e9ca16db99fab2392
Full Job Description
All applicants must have evidence to verify knowledge, skills and training undertaken in their role as a pharmacy technician. The post holder will possess excellent communication skills, good interpersonal and IT skills, and able to work independently as well as in a team in a dynamic Pharmacy department.
The post holder will:
+ Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post registration
+ Undertake or willing to work towards Medicines Optimisation training
+ Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient focused care and ensure a timely supply of medicines, utilisation of patients' own medicines and medicines adherence training.
+ Participate in medicines management, ward top-up and ward-based dispensing.
+ Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.
+ Complete or work towards working as an Accredited Pharmacy Checking Technician qualification.
+ Participate in the training of Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists and rotate through specialist work-streams.
+ Undertake a course in Education and Training to facilitate learning.
The post holder must hold Level 3 BTEC and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Certificate or equivalent and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council., Service Provision (Dispensary)
As part of a structured rotational programme to provide a high quality, customer focused pharmaceutical service to in-patients, out-patients, discharge patients, and associated hospitals and clinics.
To interpret prescriptions and input prescription information onto the Pharmacy Computer system
To help maintain accurate patient medication records.
To dispense and supply drugs to patients
To label and dispense controlled drugs (CDs) against a recognised order or clinically checked prescription in line with departmental policies and procedures
To maintain documentation to support the dispensing and of all medicines including CDs
To be involved with the dispensing of clinical trials and ensure the necessary records are maintained in accordance with protocols
To check and monitor stock in the Emergency Drugs Cupboard on a daily basis as per rota
To assist with co-ordinating crash boxes/trolley (monitoring expiry dates, assemble stock, collection/deliver to wards, updating relevant paperwork)
Assist with returned stock from wards, and assess suitability for re-use within the Trust
To ensure the dispensary is a clean, tidy and safe place in which to work
To communicate with patients and health care professionals
To optimise patient knowledge of their drugs
To have a working knowledge of pharmacy stock control and ordering systems
You will also need to be registered with the Gphc Pharmaceutical council, The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
RNOH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of RNOH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
Must be Pharmacy Technician Registered (GPHC), We are pleased to announce an amazing opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join the team that will be both challenging and exciting. The post is a Band 4 post who will play an integral part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and working closely within the multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for a technician who is forward thinking and highly motivated to deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service. This opportunity will allow the candidate to develop on a personal and professional level through exposure to all departmental activities. The Pharmacy Department has a strong focus on medicines optimisation and innovative pharmaceutical practice.
All applicants must have evidence to verify knowledge, skills and training undertaken in their role as a pharmacy technician. The post holder will possess excellent communication skills, good interpersonal and IT skills, and able to work independently as well as in a team in a dynamic Pharmacy department.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3^rd party recruitment providers - North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients
+ Rated Good by the CQC
+ Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
+ Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
+ Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
+ Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site - improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK's leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
+ In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
+ Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH's journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
+ Patients first, always
+ Excellence, in all we do
+ Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
+ Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon., The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.
35 hours per week - Salary range: £15. 49 per hr all inc
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK, and is regarded as a leader in the field of orthopaedics both in the UK and world-wide. The RNOH provides a comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care, ranging from acute spinal injury or complex bone tumour to orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain sufferers. This broad range of services is unique within the NHS.
As a national centre of excellence, the RNOH treats patients from across the country, many of whom have been referred by other hospital consultants for second opinions or for treatment of complex or rare conditions. Patients benefit from a team of highly specialised consultants, many of whom are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise and experience.
The new Stanmore Building at the RNOH offers the very best ward facilities for patients and allows staff to work in an environment matching their skill and dedication. It is a state of the art facility that reflects and enhances the medical excellence that the RNOH is renowned for.