Job overview
The pharmacy technician provides pharmaceutical services in the outpatient pharmacy department ensuring efficient and high quality customer experience is maintained.
The post holder will be working for Royal Free London Pharmacy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the RFL Group. The post holder will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate behaviours that promote the outpatient pharmacy and Royal Free London values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care as described below.
The post holder will be mainly based at the Royal Free Hospital which is a busy and dynamic tertiary care centre.
We are looking for applicants for both band 4 and 5 Pharmacy Technician roles.
THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMCIES (Royal Free Hospital).
VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE
Main duties of the job
- Clinical responsibilities
- Responsibility for patients
- Responsibility for Policy and service development
- Responsible for financial and physical resources
- Responsible for leading and managing
- Responsible for Information Resources
- Responsible for research and development
- Professional responsibilities
- THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMCIES (Royal Free Hospital).
Working for our organisation
PHARMACY SERVICES
The Pharmacy Services of the Royal Free London are constantly evolving to best meet the needs of patients and our healthcare colleagues and partners and this may lead to providing a full and comprehensive Pharmaceutical support over 7 days a week.
LOCATION OF WORKING
The appointment is not designated to one place. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or more permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As shown in person specifications for both the band 4 and band 5 roles. If you are successful at being shortlisted you will be interviewed and assessed for the grade being offered.
Education
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
- Registered with the GPhC
Experience
- Demonstrate ability to dispense accurately.
- Demonstrate ability to counsel and give advice to patients/carers on medication.
- Experience/knowledge of the principles of stock control.
- Experience of working in an NHS hospital environment.
- Computer literate including Microsoft software products.
- Previous experience in an outpatient pharmacy setting
- Previous assessable experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy computer system.
Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to provide a sensitive and professional service to patients and patient families and healthcare professionals
- Good communication and interpersonal skills including written English
Personal Qualities
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to meet deadlines when requested
- AT – Apprenticeship Training. Where AT is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
- You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship, and these will be considered alongside all other applications.
- If offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID in most circumstances.
- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
- Please be aware of scams – we will only communicate via official NHS recruitment channels and will never ask you for payments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contact
Name: Asrah Rasool, Job title: Deputy Superintendent Outpatient Pharmacy, Email: asrah.rasool1@nhs.net, Telephone: 020 7794 0500
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