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Pharmacy technician
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
251-FCSS7057-HHCS
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Outpatient pharmacy, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
Town
Basingstoke
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 HHCS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/05/2025 08:00

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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Support Pharmacy Technician - Outpatients

Band 6

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

As a member of the Outpatients pharmacy team, you will contribute to the provision of a range of pharmaceutical services; issuing prescriptions, giving advice where appropriate, working alongside Outpatient Pharmacy team to ensure all pharmacy duties are carried out in accordance with legal and relevant operational parameters, in addition to the departmental procedures to meet the needs of our customers.

 

There will be a requirement to deputise in the absence of the Superintendent pharmacist so strong professional leadership and decision-making skills, as well as line management of junior staff will form core components of the role.

Main duties of the job

               Support the Outpatient multi-disciplinary teams and Trust services with effective pharmaceutical care and intervention when required for patients, specifically with regards to medicines supply and management.

               Monitoring key quality/performance indicators and service pressures and recommending/implementing actions to address them. Reporting on workforce requirements for meeting service demand.

               To support the Superintendent Pharmacist to lead, develop, deliver and evaluate the clinical pharmacy service.

               Involved in the day-to-day management of designated staff in the Outpatient pharmacy team. Responsible for staff supervision, managing attendance and performance, identifying and facilitating staff training needs.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification.

Please do not hesitate to get in contact for further discussion.

Person specification

essential/desirable criteria

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable leadership experience and/or training
  • Management experience and/or training
Desirable criteria
  • outpatient experience
  • clinical diploma

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Line management
Desirable criteria
  • Financial/ stock asset management experience
  • Audit experience

Professional

Essential criteria
  • Registered with GPHC

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

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
Justyna Gasior
Job title
Superintendent Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01256 317139
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