Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please fully review the attached job description and person specification for the responsibilities of the role. The postholder will be expected to participate in departmental weekend, bank holiday and late duty working as required. At the time of advertising, new post holders are required to work 1 in 4 weekends (1 full day or 2 half days). The current working hours are either 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm. (if alternative working hours are required please add details to the application form)
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical services or equivalent
- General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy technician
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).
Desirable criteria
- Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (Accredited or proof of in-house training)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of completing medicines optimisation tasks, predicting stock usage, adapting stock levels and non-stock requests.
- Proven knowledge and experience in using computer labelling and stock control systems within hospital pharmacy
- Can demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limits of their authority and knowledge.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in all core aspects of hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience of line management responsibilities
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- To communicate effectively, clearly and concisely complex or sensitive information relative to medicine management back to patients, staff and colleagues
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients
Desirable criteria
- Adaptable to change
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
- Accurate with good attention to detail
- Demonstrates competency under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of project work
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Experience in organising workload to meet pharmacy services and patients’ needs
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Approachable
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Competent ICT skills
- Ability to undertake manual handling tasks
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
- Proven experience in problem solving
- Demonstrates competency under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Experience in data collection, activities and analysis
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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