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SalaryMedicines Management Pharmacy Technician
- Base site – Grantham Hospital
- Band 5 (£28,407 to £34,581)
- 37.5 hours per week (post equalling 1 Whole Time Equivalent)
- Monday to Friday plus Sat and bank holidays on rota basis
- Contract type - Permanent
- Applications are invited for the post of Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician based at Grantham Hospital.
We are looking for a GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician who is committed, enthusiastic and hardworking. Duties will include working in the dispensary and on the wards. Based initially in our dispensary you will be involved in dispensing for in-patients and out-patients. On the wards, after appropriate training, you will be involved in medicines reconciliation at admission and 24 hours prior to discharge, assessment of patients own medication, ordering medications from the electronic prescription and counselling or advising our service users and patients.
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 Ascribe or JAC is desirable.
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.
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
