Allied Health Professionals - Senior Pharmacy Technician – Undergraduate Pharmacy Placements

  • Department Pharmacy Operational Team
  • Salary £37,338.00 – £44,962 per annum
  • Closing Date 08/10/2024
  • Location The Royal Shrewbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
  • Job ref 223-UPP-701
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours 37.5 hours per week

Job overview

Are you passionate about supporting the growth and development of pharmacy professionals? Do you have a keen eye for identifying training needs and implementing effective learning programs? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

This role offers you the chance to work as part of an expanding and forward-thinking Pharmacy Department. As a Pharmacy Technician - Undergraduate Pharmacy Placements, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of undergraduate pharmacy placements at SaTH. The implementation and delivery of Undergraduate Pharmacy Placements is an exciting and rapidly expanding field within the profession, this will be stimulating role and you will be supported in its delivery. You will also play a crucial role in enhancing the skills and knowledge of all pharmacy professionals within the Pharmacy department, ultimately being part of a team ensuring the provision of exceptional pharmaceutical care across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician - Undergraduate Pharmacy Placements, you will be supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of Undergraduate Pharmacy Placements at SaTH. You will collaborate closely with the Pharmacy Team Lead - Education and Training, the placement team at Keele University, the wider Pharmacy team, and of course pharmacy students. Your expertise in delivering ward-based pharmacy services, combined with your excellent communication and leadership skills, will be pivotal in nurturing a highly skilled and motivated pharmacy workforce.

You will deliver education and training to the wider pharmacy team in relation to the delivery of undergraduate pharmacy placements, "train the trainers", and you will help co-ordinate education, training and development of clinical/ technical/ support staff within the Pharmacy team alongside the Senior Pharmacy Technician - Education and Training.

In addition to the delivery of undergraduate pharmacy placements you will be expected to provide dispensary based activities (including the accurate dispensing and checking of prescriptions), and ward-based activities (including the completion of medicines reconciliation and ensuring appropriate medicines storage).

Working for your organisation

Our Pharmacy vision is :

To provide a responsive and integrated Pharmacy service that gives outstanding patient centred care and is underpinned by a culture of innovation, safety and compassion

We're looking for people who want to help us achieve this vision, who will help us make a difference.

What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?

Patient focused service
Supportive and friendly team
Opportunities for personal development
A department open to new ways of working

What can SaTH offer you?

To be part of a trust embarking on a transformational journey
A supportive environment to enable further development of your career and your skills.
A developing trust with recent substantial financial investment to develop the facilities and services
Access to our Leadership Academy

We believe in ensuring our patients have a positive experience of care.

Join the team and help us to create the best possible outcomes for our patients.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation. 

If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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