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Job summary

Main area
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Grade
Band 4
Contract
Bank: Vasanti Gorasia
Hours
  • Part time
  • Other
ADHOC
Job ref
392-BANKRNOH04
Employer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pharmacy Stanmore (280) L5
Town
Stanmore
Salary
拢15.49 inc
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
26/01/2025 11:00

Employer heading

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust logo

Bank Band 4 Pharmacy Tech

Band 4

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers 鈥 North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.听

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field.听 We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world鈥檚 most complex and innovative care to our patients

  • Rated
  • Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
  • Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
  • Recognised as a centre of excellence, 听leading on national initiatives, such as the Programme
  • Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site 鈥 improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK鈥檚 leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
  • In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
  • Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH鈥檚 journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

  • Patients first, always
  • Excellence, in all we do
  • Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
  • Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

Pharmacy - Bank Band 4 Pharmacy Technician

Must be Pharmacy Technician Registered (GPHC)

35 hours per week - Salary range: 拢15. 49 per hr all inc

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK, and is regarded as a leader in the field of orthopaedics both in the UK and world-wide. The RNOH provides a comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care, ranging from acute spinal injury or complex bone tumour to orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain sufferers. This broad range of services is unique within the NHS.

As a national centre of excellence, the RNOH treats patients from across the country, many of whom have been referred by other hospital consultants for second opinions or for treatment of complex or rare conditions. Patients benefit from a team of highly specialised consultants, many of whom are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise and experience.

The new Stanmore Building at the RNOH offers the very best ward facilities for patients and allows staff to work in an environment matching their skill and dedication. It is a state of the art facility that reflects and enhances the medical excellence that the RNOH is renowned for.听

Main duties of the job

All applicants must have evidence to verify knowledge, skills and training undertaken in their role as a pharmacy technician. The post holder will possess excellent communication skills, good interpersonal and IT skills, and able to work independently as well as in a team in a dynamic Pharmacy department.

The post holder will:

  • Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post registration
  • Undertake or willing to work towards Medicines Optimisation training
  • Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient focused care and ensure a timely supply of medicines, utilisation of patients鈥 own medicines and medicines adherence training.
  • Participate in medicines management, ward top-up and ward-based dispensing.
  • Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials.
  • Complete or work towards working as an Accredited Pharmacy Checking Technician qualification.
  • Participate in the training of Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists and rotate through specialist work-streams.
  • Undertake a course in Education and Training to facilitate learning.

The post holder must hold Level 3 BTEC and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Certificate or equivalent and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Working for our organisation

We are pleased to announce an amazing opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join the team that will be both challenging and exciting. The post is a Band 4 post who will play an integral part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and working closely within the multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for a technician who is forward thinking and highly motivated to deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service. This opportunity will allow the candidate to develop on a personal and professional level through exposure to all departmental activities. The Pharmacy Department has a strong focus on medicines optimisation and innovative pharmaceutical practice.

All applicants must have evidence to verify knowledge, skills and training undertaken in their role as a pharmacy technician. The post holder will possess excellent communication skills, good interpersonal and IT skills, and able to work independently as well as in a team in a dynamic Pharmacy department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Service Provision (Dispensary)

As part of a structured rotational programme to provide a high quality, customer focused pharmaceutical service to in-patients, out-patients, discharge patients, and associated hospitals and clinics.

To interpret prescriptions and input prescription information onto the Pharmacy Computer system

To help maintain accurate patient medication records.

To dispense and supply drugs to patients

To label and dispense controlled drugs (CDs) against a recognised order or clinically checked prescription in line with departmental policies and procedures

To maintain documentation to support the dispensing and of all medicines including CDs

To be involved with the dispensing of clinical trials and ensure the necessary records are maintained in accordance with protocols

To check and monitor stock in the Emergency Drugs Cupboard on a daily basis as per rota

To assist with co-ordinating crash boxes/trolley (monitoring expiry dates, assemble stock, collection/deliver to wards, updating relevant paperwork)

Assist with returned stock from wards, and assess suitability for re-use within the Trust

To ensure the dispensary is a clean, tidy and safe place in which to work

To communicate with patients and health care professionals

To optimise patient knowledge of their drugs

To have a working knowledge of pharmacy stock control and ordering systems

You will also need to be registered with the Gphc Pharmaceutical council

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 鈥 NVQ Level 3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or an equivalent pharmacy technician qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Training undertaken in hospital environment 鈥 Accredited Checking Technician (or working towards) 鈥 Registration with APT UK a bonus

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 12 months鈥 NHS hospital pharmacy Experience 鈥ispensing (inc CD鈥檚) 鈥harmacy labelling and stock control systems
Desirable criteria
  • 鈥 Experience of multidisciplinary working 鈥edicines management experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • 鈥rganisational and prioritisation skills 鈥roblem solving abilities 鈥ood interpersonal and communication skills 鈥bility to perform calculations accurately

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Need to be registered with the Gphc Pharmaceutical council

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Rainbow badgeNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkBronze Trailblazer by Race Equality MattersAccredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRoyal College of Anaesthetists AccreditedCareLeaver Covenant

Applicant requirements

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
Vasanti Gorsia
Job title
Lead Medicines Optimisation Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:听

Sejal Rajani on 020 8909 5410.