Pharmacists - Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

  • Department Pharmacy
  • Salary £25,147 - £27,596 Training Post Annex 21 per annum (70% year 1 and 75% year 2)
  • Closing Date 01/08/2024
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Annex 21 (70% year 1, 75% year 2)
  • Job ref 223-PRT-493
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Fixed term: 2 years (Training contract)
  • Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (including rotated 6pm finish, 1 Saturday in 4 and bank holidays on rotation)

Job overview

We are looking to appoint Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians and have 2 posts at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and 1 post available at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.

The role is challenging, varied, complex and responsive to the increasingly innovative development of new medicines and their role in healthcare today.

The training opportunity is an advanced apprenticeship full time fixed term contract for 2 years. You will study to achieve :- Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) apprenticeship standard.  This qualification is approved to enable you to apply for registration to practice as Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Training and support will be provided by work based mentors and course tutors during your training.

Please check the person specification for the minimum educational requirements to be accepted onto the apprenticeship.

Main duties of the job

Whilst in training the post holder will carry out pharmaceutical duties, under the direct supervision of an appropriate person in all sections of the pharmacy department.

Some of the duties will be in the form of training exercises and competence-based assessments in conjunction with the Level 3 Pharmacy Technician (Integrated) apprenticeship standard, including one study day per week.

The training is hospital based, with one day study each week and will be commencing in September 2024.

Working for our organisation

The Pharmacy department is split over 2 sites, The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.  An inpatient and outpatient dispensing service is offered at both sites along with patient medication review and  stock management at ward level. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site has an aseptic suite to compound and supply intravenous chemotherapy, nutrition and radioactive tracers for both sites.

Pharmacy Technicians are essential professional members of the healthcare team and contribute greatly in the supply of medicines and services for our patients.

Career opportunities for Pharmacy Technicians, post registration, include; medicines management roles; manufacturing; quality control; staff training; information technology; procurement; clinical trials; medicines utilisation reviews and contributing to the management of a comprehensive pharmacy service.

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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