Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4 - 5 progression
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-SP04435-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth/Poole Hospital
- Town
- Castle Lane East
- Salary
- £26,530 - £36,483 pro rata pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician (Progressive Band 4 to Band 5)
Band 4 - 5 progression
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic well motivated registered Pharmacy Technician with excellent dispensing and communication skills to join our friendly, pharmacy team as a Dispensary Pharmacy Technician.
This opportunity will involve working on a rotational basis across the Bournemouth and Poole hospital sites.
Upon successfully gaining 1 year's hospital experience, the post holder will progress to band 5.
This post is suitable for:
- Qualified accuracy checking technicians who would like to specialise in the dispensary
- Community based pharmacy technicians looking for a career change
You should be able to work as part of a team but also have the ability to work flexibly and independently in a professional manner.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to participate in our weekend, bank holiday and late night rotas.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Please note all staff being recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across our new Trust sites when service demands require it.
This role requires registration to The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered to practice as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Science
Desirable criteria
- Final Accuracy Checking course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Regular patient contact
- Working in primary or secondary care
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic IT and keyboard skills
- Experience of training others
- Neat, accurate and numerate
Desirable criteria
- Previous Wellsky experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Pidgley
- Job title
- Dispensary Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 6085
- Additional information
Beth Duncan
Deputy Dispensary Manager
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