Join our Pharmacy team as a highly motivated Pharmacy Technician. You'll collaborate with the lead pharmacist to develop and grow the high-cost drugs (HCD) and homecare service, serving over 2000 patients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing and developing the homecare service
• Liaising with stakeholders (finance, homecare companies, pharmacy colleagues, clinical teams, commissioners)
• Ensuring efficient HCD stock management
• Implementing systems for accurate monthly commissioning reports

Skills Required:

• Initiative, problem-solving, decision-making
• Computer literacy and attention to detail

Benefits:

• Personal development opportunities
• Good work-life balance
• Hybrid working options
• Flexible working requests considered

Main duties of the job

Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role and we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

In May 2020, Kings Mill Hospital was rated Outstanding by the CQC. Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital are both rated Good and all 15 of our services are rated Good for Safety with 5 Outstanding services. We know safe, patient centred care is delivered by well supported people and in 2018 and 2019 colleagues at Sherwood rated us the best Acute Trust in the Midlands. In 2019, in the Freedom to Speak Up Index, we were the top rated Acute Trust in the East Midlands.

In 2019 and 2020 we made the shortlist for HSJ Acute Trust of the Year.

We provide outstanding healthcare across the community to 500,000 people in Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work with 5,000 colleagues in our three hospitals and have well established relationships with health and social care partners through the Mid Notts Integrated Care Partnership.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification documents

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Regular attendance.
• Ability to work weekends / bank holidays / late nights

Desirable

• Car owner with current driving licence
• Telephone owner

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge within a specialism
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures
• Knowledge and experience of pharmacy homecare services and high cost drugs

Qualifications

Essential

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions, supervising a technical area within the pharmacy to degree or equivalent level or Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• GCSE Grade C or equivalent in English, and Science
• GCSE Grade A or B in maths (or equivalent)
• Clinical Qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Further training

Essential

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

• Significant hospital pharmacy experience.
• Excellent IT / Keyboard Skills
• Working knowledge of Excel

Desirable

• Supervisory Ability
• Training ability
• Accreditation for checking dispensed prescriptions of others or equivalence supervisory experience
• Experience of database use

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Rd

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

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214-CSTO-6879174