Clinical Pharmacy Technician Visa Sponsorship Uk

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Two full-time positions are available within the Good Hope Pharmacy Department and AMU.

1 full-time position available within the Heartlands Pharmacy Department and MAU.

An amazing growth opportunity has emerged for passionate and driven individuals to learn specific skills in a clinical setting. We are searching for three enthusiastic clinical pharmacy technicians to join our varied team and assist the Ward Based Clinical Pharmacy Technician service, rotating between shifts of 07:56-16:00 and 10:56-19:00.

The successful candidates will be committed to improving patient care and providing a high-quality pharmacy service to our patients and the Trust.

Successful candidates will have:

• At least one year of post-qualification experience in a hospital setting.
• Hold a nationally acknowledged pharmacy technician qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Accredited accuracy-checking qualification
• A flexible approach to satisfy the service needs.

Previous experience demonstrating a strong understanding of ward-based services would be beneficial.

We may accept applicants who do not meet all of the key requirements listed in the personal specification for certain positions.

Main responsibilities, tasks, and abilities required

Provide near patient medicine management services as part of our ward-based team seven days a week, ensuring that our patients receive cost-effective and efficient care during their stay. You will join the ward’s multidisciplinary team, assisting with medication reconciliation at clerking, discharge planning, TTO medicine supply, and patient counselling. Additional responsibilities include assessing patients’ own drugs, conducting audits, ordering medication, distributing it, and checking supplies. On a rotating basis, employees will be required to work extra hours, including weekends, bank holidays, and late evenings.

About us.

We are acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to Build Healthier Lives, and we understand that we will require exceptional employees to achieve this.

Our dedication to our employees is to offer the ideal environment for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and well-being of our employees, including a commitment to provide flexible working arrangements when possible;
We provide our employees with a wide range of training and development options to help them achieve their personal and professional goals.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our employees are treated fairly and feel like they belong by providing a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. This is about equal opportunity; eradicating all barriers, including prejudice, and ensuring that each individual member of staff reaches their full potential, achieves their goals, and thrives in their jobs. This isn’t just words. We’re taking action. Our dedication to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, and is pushed by our varied and active staff networks, as well as the Fairness Taskforce, which is managed by our CEO. We foster a culture that encourages employees to oppose discriminatory behaviour and allows people to contribute their “full self” to a kinder, more connected, and bolder place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a smoke-free hospital.

Job Description

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Must include the following:

• Professional registration with the GPC.
• Accredited for Dispensing Accuracy. West Midlands scheme or an equal.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Certified Checking Technician (National Framework) or equivalent.
• Add one of the following:
• Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians.

OR

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science and Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills.

OR

• Equivalent as determined by the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Accredited Checking Technician (National Framework).

Experience

Essential

• Pre-qualification in pharmacy requires two years of work experience.
• Currently working as a band 4 pharmacy technician / equivalent or higher with post-qualification experience in an acute setting.
• The capacity to demonstrate a comparable degree of knowledge and appropriate practical experience for the position
• Significant experience in the pharmacy setting.
• Experience with the particular function for the area of responsibility.
• Experience organising different levels of workers and their workload.
• Experienced in following policies and procedures
• Significant experience in the hospital pharmacy setting
• Understanding the Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
• Workplace health and safety, including COSHH
• Understanding of dispensing, stock control, supply, and information technology systems and operations.
• Knowledge of Code of Practice/Customer Care
• Knowledge about drugs, side effects, and where to get more information
• Knowledge of methods, regulations, and procedures related to the job
• Understands the requirement to provide a cost-effective service and the essential work procedures to reduce waste.

Desirable

• Experience as a Clinical Pharmacy Technician or in a similar position.
• Deputising for senior personnel, coordinating daily work flow, and situational staff management.
• Experience establishing new working habits or procedures.
• Participate in staff training and mentorship
• Understanding the ward environment

Additional Criteria:

Essential

• Ability to work as a team.
• Enthusiastic, loyal and trustworthy, with a mature approach.
• Good time management.
• careful and accurate in job.
• Able to display prudence and diplomacy.
• Fair and objective.
• Flexible to meet the demands of the role, the needs of the pharmaceutical service, and other staff.
• Good team player and can motivate others.
• Self-motivated and effective use of personal initiative
• keen to strengthen and develop the pharmacy service, and devoted to the notion of technician-led services.
• Keen to develop own skills and apply them for the benefit of others.
• Capable of making timely and suitable referrals to higher staff.
• Ability to travel to other Trust sites.
• Flexible to work based on service needs.
• Committed to adhere to the Trust Vision and Values.

Desirable

• Awareness of future advancements in pharmacy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, which requires a Disclosure application to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously known as CRB) to check for any past criminal conviction.

Certificate of Sponsorship

applicants from job seekers who require existing skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are encouraged and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration page.

From April 6, 2017, skilled worker applicants requesting for entrance clearance into the UK were required to show a criminal record certificate from each country where they had lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. This requirement also applies to adult dependents (those over the age of 18). Guidance can be found here. Criminal background checks for international candidates.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further information, please visit the NHS Careers page.