Pharmacy Technician (Band 4 to 5 depending on experience)

Are you currently working within pharmacy and looking for something different? Would you like the opportunity to join our ward-based pharmacy team in a role where you would be providing a near-patient service. This is an opportunity to learn and develop new skills, whilst working in the ward environment as part of the clinical pharmacy team . We are a progressive department in a Trust that encourages and supports quality improvement to deliver the best services we can for our patients. We are actively using skill mix and role development to enhance job content and quality across all levels of the department. Our team of technical and non-technical staff has a high profile within the Trust and we have an opportunity for you to join our friendly and supportive Clinical Pharmacy team at Scunthorpe General Hospital. We have a part time post available for enthusiastic and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technicians., The successful candidate will perform a range of activities; the core being to work as part of the ward-based clinical Pharmacy team, completing medicines reconciliation for our patients and all associated tasks, in addition you will work in the dispensary to undertake some dispensing and final accuracy checking of prescriptions. Training for all areas of work will be provided.

It is essential that you have a BTEC National Certificate in Applied Sciences (Pharmaceutical) and NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services Skills or equivalent and are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. We offer a career progression pathway from Band 4 to Band 5 with the following criteria:

• The completion of a development programme such as CPPE modules relevant to the role or equivalent which demonstrates your ability and competence to works as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician
• If you are a registered Pharmacy Technician and want to make the move to hospital and don't meet the above criteria we can provide the opportunity for applicants to train in the hospital environment, gain the required skills and achieve completion of the required development programme.
  
  NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community. Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.