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Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-DSS-231-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aintree University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Rotational Pharmacy Technician

Band 4

Job overview

We require a minimum of three registered Pharmacy Technicians to work in our Pharmacy Department as a rotational technician at Liverpool University Hospitals - Aintree Site.

However work maybe required to work across any LUFT site

You will have a NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent, and be registered as a qualified Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.

Pre Registration students due to qualify this year (2024) can apply qualifications pending.

You will be carrying out dispensing of prescriptions, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, controlled rugs, in-patient and out-patient prescriptions in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice and  co-operating in staff rotation within the Pharmacy Departments of the Trust including Walton and Aintree site dispensaries, and potentially the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Main duties of the job

To carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in specified areas of the Pharmacy Department under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist.

To provide an efficient and comprehensive pharmaceutical service under the direction of senior pharmacy management for all patients treated by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Nb. For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. 

 

Person specification

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in a hospital environment
  • Experience in use of JAC Pharmacy Computer System
  • Clinical Trial experience
  • Ability to train staff

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
  • Registration with GPHC (or in application process)

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Dispensing processes
  • Pharmacy computer systems use
  • Stock control procedures
Desirable criteria
  • Modern hospital processes including those on wards

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Clear communication skills
  • Ability to work accurately with attention to detail
  • Professional approach to work and ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative
  • Ability to motivate self and others
  • Well organised and able to meet deadlines/targets
  • Adapt to change
  • Ability to identify and solve problems
  • Excellent time management skills
Desirable criteria
  • Prioritising dispensary workload
  • Patient Counselling
  • Extemporaneous dispensing

Other

Essential criteria
  • Dispensing a varied range of medicines
Desirable criteria
  • Managed a service development project

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Norgain
Job title
Dispensary Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 5292219
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