This is a pre-registration trainee Pharmacy Technician post on the non-apprenticeship route, sitting within the Pharmacy team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and rotating across its sites. The work centres on dispensing prescriptions and stock control in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacies, plus ward-based medication histories and patient medicines advice. Placements also cover other MMPS departments and possibly external pharmacy organisations, with evening, weekend and bank holiday rotation. Previous pharmacy experience is required and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Dispensing prescriptions and issuing prescribed items in inpatient and outpatient pharmacies
- Contributing to all aspects of pharmaceutical stock control
- Delivering ward-based pharmacy services on inpatient wards
- Taking patient medication histories
- Educating patients on their medicines
- Rotating across LTHT sites while meeting training programme requirements
- Placements within other MMPS departments
- Possible visits to pharmacy organisations external to LTHT
- Working evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis
- Registering with the General Pharmaceutical Council on completing the programme
What's required
Experience
- Previous pharmacy experience
Skills & knowledge
- Team working with fellow trainees and multi-disciplinary teams
- Proactive learning
- Planning and organising own workload
- Flexibility in approach to work
- Good attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
Checks & eligibility
- Eligible to work in the UK without Skilled Worker sponsorship
- Not eligible for apprenticeship levy funding
Other
- Professional attitude
- Patient-centred approach
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on rotation
- Successful completion of both interview and practical assessment stages
What's offered
- Varied rotation across LTHT sites and MMPS departments
- Possible visits to external pharmacy organisations
- Support to develop potential in delivering patient care
- Training through the Pharmacy Technician Training Programme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
