Senior Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Services in Upton

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to plan and co-ordinate a busy dispensary whilst ensuring accuracy and meeting dispensing targets. You will have a vision to embed the trust values in your work and will lead by example to ensure the team perform to the highest standards. You will motivate and engage the team and must have a passion for improving patient experience. You should be able to demonstrate excellent time management, prioritisation skills and show commitment.

When not co-ordinating in the dispensary you will participate in routine pharmacy technician duties, including dispensing and accuracy checking. We are committed to supporting you with relevant training and development so if you are not trained in accuracy checking then you will be required to commence training with us within 3 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and co-ordinate and supervise less experienced staff working in the dispensary service to ensure that medicines are dispensed in an accurate and timely manner including unlicensed medicines, cytotoxics and clinical trial material.
• Accuracy check prescriptions.
• Ensure the training and development needs of all staff working in the dispensary are fulfilled, for example, student technicians, support workers, rotational pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and technicians, in line with pre-defined training programmes.
• Ensure that adequate stocks of medicines are maintained and be responsible for the completion of the daily stock reconciliation process solving any problems identified, including correction and financial amendment.
• Undertake basic work based assessments e.g. risk assessments.

Posts are 37:30 hours per week worked between 9am and 9pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays 1-2 per year.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on this Senior Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Services role available here at WUTH.