Senior Pharmacy Technician

Technicians are responsible for undertaking a broad range of technical duties in the various sections of the pharmacy, to aid in the efficient and effective delivery of pharmacy services to patients and users of the service., As a Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will have responsibility for a specific role within the pharmacy team, such as managing controlled drugs, training and development, supporting the Omnicell administrator or stock control.

You will work at ward level as part of the ward pharmacy team, providing a near-patient ordering and discharge service to improve patient flow and enable more timely discharge. As well as this, you will be required to use the skills obtained through successful completion of an accredited Medicines Management course to undertake medicines reconciliation on both the Emergency Admissions Unit and the base in-patient wards, working within your competence and referring queries to the Ward Pharmacists when required.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

For those who do not yet hold the required qualifications then training will be provided, and progression to the B5 position will be actioned on completion of the required qualifications. This is as per Annex 21 Agenda for Change and salary payment will be as described within this.