Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7458367
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Town
- Mount Vernon
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, plus 15% High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This role could be ideal for newly qualified accuracy checking technicians who want to work in a busy and dynamic hospital pharmacy. Applicants with a retail pharmacy background are welcome to apply for this post as on the job training will be provided for all aspects of the role. Any new qualified technicians without an Accuracy Checking qualification or NVQ3 will be considered for this post and a Band 4 to Band 5 developmental plan will be offered.
You will be responsible for the day to day activities within the pharmacy department at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Pharmacy such as general dispensing, drug distribution, chemotherapy desk, patient counselling and associated pharmaceutical duties.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,552 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for dispensing and checking of in-patient prescriptions and systemic anti-cancer treatment.
You will provide routine technical pharmacy support in a professional manner which supports a high quality, patient orientated service
The successful candidate will participate in the purchasing of drugs and drug distribution activities.
You will be responsible for running of the Chemotherapy desk and dispatching of chemotherapy orders to wards and day units in a timely manner.
You will also partake in stock control activities such as expiry date checking, stock counting and replenishing the emergency cupboard, fulfilling to-follows, conducting expiry date checks and replenishing emergency boxes as required.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum pro rata.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
- Educated to diploma level 3 or equivalent in a relevant medicines related subject or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent proven experience (degree level).
- GPhC Accredited Accredited Checking Technician (ACT)
- GPhC Accredited Medicines Management qualification
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification pharmacy practice experience
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in Pharmacy services
- Evidence of CPD and self-development
Desirable criteria
- Experience in using JAC dispensing system
- Previous experience in working with oncology patients
- Previous experience in working in Hospital Pharmacy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer and IT literate
- Need for confidentiality
- Preparation of written reports and procedures
Desirable criteria
- Writing and maintaining SOPS, reports and performing audits
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good team player – able to work alone and supervise others when necessary
- Demonstrates good use of initiative and self-motivation
- Good command of both written and spoken English language
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Good organisation skills
- Accurate and precise attention to detail
- Proficient IT skills
- Demonstrates good use of initiative and self-motivation
Desirable criteria
- Managing staff
- Leadership skills
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
- Gita Kavia
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician - Operational Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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