Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Education & Training
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country鈥檚 top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark鈥檚 Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 听
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put 鈥淨uality at our HEART鈥. Find out more about
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that鈥檚 job share, part time or another flexible pattern. 听If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly pharmacy education and training team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and patient orientated pharmacy technician with experience and a passion in this area of work within hospital pharmacy.
You will work with the E&T pharmacy teams to help implement, deliver and continually improve the training for pre-registration pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.
Alongside the rest of the E&T team, you will be responsible for the technical aspects of E&T across 4 hospitals on 3 sites.
You must have a keen interest in people development and relationship building.
Main duties of the job
Excellent communication skills and enjoying working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team are essential. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development. All applicants must a be registered technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council and hold the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification. This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend and late duty rota pro rata. |
The London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust consists of Northwick Park and St Mark鈥檚 hospitals, Central Middlesex Hospital, and Ealing Hospital.
We care for more than half a million people living across Brent, Harrow & Ealing as well as patients from all over the country and internationally at St Mark鈥檚, our specialist hospital for bowel diseases. This makes us one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the capital
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that鈥檚 job share, part time or another flexible pattern.听 If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
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Person specification
Registered pharmacy technician
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- ACPT
- Assessor/Supervisor Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Medicines Optimisation
Evidence of Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of education and training
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
- Amritdeep Puri
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Amritdeep Puri
Principal Pharmacist, Education, Training and Workforce Development
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