Job summary
- Main area
- Patient Support Services
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 188-CL160425
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital, Royal South Hants Hospital & South Central Ambulance Service
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (PA) pro rata
- Closing
- 19/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/05/2025
Employer heading
Progressive Band 4-5 rotational Pharmacy Technician
Band 4
Job overview
Main duties of the job
We are looking for registered or soon-to-be registered pharmacy technicians to join our enthusiastic and motivated team based at Southampton General Hospital (SGH). These are progressive band 4 to 5 posts; however, applications from current band 5s are welcome.
This exciting, fully supported rotational post would be ideal for pharmacy technicians soon to qualify and register with the GPhC. You must be a team player, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be keen to develop yourself.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will take place in various areas of our versatile pharmacy department of over 300 staff and will include cross-site working with our partner site, the Royal South Hants Hospital (RSH) and South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS).
Within the pharmacy department, we pride ourselves on the development of our staff. You will be supported to complete the pathway framework by collecting relevant evidence towards a set of core competencies. Once complete and signed off, your post will be upgraded to band 5.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Main outline of rotations will include;
- Dispensary based training at Southampton General Hospital and The Royal South Hants Hospital where you will be trained through competency based learning to dispense and label accurately.
- Issuing medications to patients will also be covered.
- Experience working with the team at South Central Ambulance Service, ensuring appropriate levels of medication for ambulances across the region are maintained and supervising junior staff to meet workload demands.
- Ward based learning where you will spend time with patients taking an accurate medication history, discussing the medications they have brought into hospital and offering advice.
- Experience in our large aseptic units learning how to produce IV antibiotics, Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) and Cytotoxic IV/Infusions.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for diligent, enthusiastic Pharmacy Technicians committed to improving patient care and working within the pharmacy and UHS teams in all areas of pharmacy and at ward level.
Applicants must be a Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and must possess the following: BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ level 3 supported by appropriate underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NPA. Applicants working towards the relevant qualifications will be considered.
Informal enquiries are welcome please contact 02381 208726 or email [email protected] for more information.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients first
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications / training required
Essential criteria
- Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC or working towards qualifications suitable for registration as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC within the next six months.
- Numerate and literate e.g. GCSE in Maths and English A* to C or equivalent or IELTS test score 7 as required by GPhC if overseas candidate
Desirable criteria
- Additional pharmacy qualifications e.g. Completed APTUK Foundation Framework Management training Practice supervisor or TAQA Medicines Management qualification PIPC ACPT
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Essential criteria
- Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy or aseptics)
- Dealing with customers and / or patients
- Maintaining continuous professional development requirements or training portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Stock control / ordering experience
- Providing a ward-based medicines management service
- Aseptic pharmacy experience
- Clinical trials or research experience
- Experience of using JAC or similar pharmacy based computer systems
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential criteria
- Communicate accurately and effectively in English with others both in speaking and in writing
- Attention to detail and accurate in work e.g. dispensing, calculations
- Able to use a range information technology programmes effectively
- Demonstrate times when able to work effectively under pressure
- Able to use initiative, but know their own limitations and professional boundaries
- Tactful and show empathy
- Demonstrates being able to organise their and others workload and prioritise effectively
- Effectively work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervision of staff or trainees
- Participation in team meetings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pharmacy Training Team
- Job title
- Hiring Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 023 81 208 726
- Additional information
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