What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Pharmacy Technician (Dispensary and Distribution) - Band 6 position at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust?
Job summary
Job Details
- Senior Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary and Distribution
- Base site - Pilgrim Hospital Boston
- Band 6 (£37,338- £44,962)
- hours per week (full time)
- 09 : 00-17 : 15 Mon-Fri. 09 : 30-13 : 15 Sat, Sun and bank holidays (rota)
- Contract type - permanent
The Pharmacy Departments within ULHT provide ward-based, dispensary, and aseptic dispensing services to a range of general and specialist areas including admissions unit, general medical and surgical, haematology and oncology and critical care wards. We have a good integrated team of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Support Workers and there is a supportive Pharmacy Education and Training team.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based at Pilgrim Hospital Boston but the successful applicant may need to travel to other sites within the Trust. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the existing weekend and bank holiday rotas within the pharmacy dispensary.
You will need to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be confident speaking to patients, nursing staff, prescribers and other health care staff. You will need to have experience working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community setting. Experience of using pharmacy specific computer systems such as EMIS or JAC is desirable.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20 / 21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
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Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution.
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Previous experience
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Salary : $643
