Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,279 - £33,116 pa inc HCAS (Yr1 70% of pay point 250, yr2 75% of pay point 250) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6213839/200-NN-6213839-HS-Z |
Summary
Are you keen to earn while you learn and train as a pharmacy professional? If so, we are looking for enthusiastic, and self-motivated individuals with good interpersonal skills to join our team of Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) for our September 2024 cohort at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Successful completion of the qualification will enable the PTPT to register with the GPhC as a registered Pharmacy Technician.
The Pharmacy Department is highly regarded in the Trust and has 270 staff members. The department is friendly, forward thinking and constantly expanding with opportunities for personal development and post qualification training and development options. Once qualified there are a variety of options for career progression as a Pharmacy Technician within the department.
The postholder will follow a structured training programme at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, whilst studying and working towards a (General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) recognised qualification.
Practical skills will be obtained through planned rotations throughout the hospital pharmacy department including Inpatient Pharmacy, Outpatient Pharmacy, Satellite Dispensing Units, Wards, Pharmacy Stores and Distribution, Procurement and Clinical Trials and Technical Services.
Trainees develop a range of work-based skills during the training programme including:
• Dispensing and labelling medication
• Providing counselling to patients on how to use prescribed medication
• Taking drug histories and carrying out medicine reconciliation
• Assessing the suitability of patients own medicines for use
• Making the final check on prescriptions
• Preparation & maintenance of cleanrooms used to produce injectable medication
• Dispensing and compounding of injectable medication
The training programme will combine the practical experience gained in the work environment with the underpinning knowledge of a college-based qualification over a two year period. This involves attending college one day a week, completing knowledge-based assignments and producing a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate work- based competencies.
The GESH hospital group is a leading healthcare provider in South West London, comprised of St George’s University Hospitals and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, together, by collaborating and working in partnership to meet the needs of our patients, and making sure our services are affordable and fit for the future.
As GESH partners the pharmacy departments at St Georges University Hospital and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals are working together in a number of areas including; workforce, key functions such as medication safety and education and training and digital workstreams.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust itself is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. We are the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
Together, as a Group, we will be the driving force behind the most integrated local system in the NHS.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
4 GCSES (or equivalent) including Maths, English and Science
Desirable
Level 2 Apprenticeship/ NVQ in Pharmacy Services
Overseas Qualifications
Overseas qualifications must be certified by the UK national agency for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifications and skills (ENIC). Full details of ENIC statement of comparability including subjects and equivalent grades must be stated on the application form.
If you are invited for an interview, please be aware that on the day of the interview, you will be expected to:
• Present your educational certificates (including ENIC statement of comparability if relevant)
• Present your passport and visa documentation
You must be able to commence employment on 9thSeptember 2024
The successful candidate will enrol onto an apprenticeship or non-apprenticeship qualification depending on eligibility.
Salary: Year 1: 70% of AfC Band 4 + HCAS
Year 2: 75% of AfC Band 4 + HCAS
For further details / informal visits contact:
NameCharlotte Nicholls
Email addressCharlotte.Nicholls@stgeorges.nhs.uk
Telephone number020 8725 1581
****Please note that interviews will take place W/C 17th June****
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024
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