Band 5 Pharmacy Technician

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

At Defence Primary Healthcare, we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient-focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high-quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at HMS Nelson, Queens Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3HH.

We have 2 posts available:

• A full-time role working 37.5 hours a week
• A part-time role working 17.5 hours a week

Requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Benefits include:

• Onsite Parking
• Access to NHS pension scheme
• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

Main Duties of the Job

Post Holders must be prepared to work in a fast-paced, demanding workload, and high-risk environment. The Post Holders will work collaboratively with Clinical Staff and the practice manager to ensure the implementation of the Medical Facility aims and objectives in accordance with Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) policies and procedures. They will be expected to be proactive in identifying areas that could be changed and initiating necessary improvements.

The Post Holders will have a major impact in promoting a positive image of the Medical Centre to patients and unit representatives as well as outside agencies, and so must maintain an appropriate and professional standard of appearance, attitude, and confidentiality.

Job Responsibilities

The responsibilities for these roles include, but are not limited to:

• To provide a Pharmacy dispensing service for the medical facility and across Portsmouth Combined Medical Practices (PMX) to entitled personnel.
• To be the Drug Safety Notice Lead, to inform and publish all notices to patients and personnel.
• To be the Medication Lead, ensuring competent trained personnel are utilising the correct formularies as appropriate.
• To order, receipt, account and disposal for all medicines and dispensary items through use of the Contract Purchasing.
• To maintain and develop knowledge and skills through Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

Applications at sift will be assessed on your C.V application form. During the interview, the successful candidate will be assessed via the National Health Service (NHS) Knowledge and Skills Framework:

• NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
• NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
• NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement
• NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB10 - Products to meet health & wellbeing needs
• NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK1 - Information Processing
• NHS Information & Knowledge - NHS IK3 - Knowledge and Information Resources

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV. Please make sure no personal details are included.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part-time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part-time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining the Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is a security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• National Vocational Qualification (Level 3 NVQ) in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC)
• Grand parenting PLUS other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.
• Registered to General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Familiarity with practice (IT) Information Technology systems.
• Familiarity with procedures for procurement of medical supplies from wholesalers and other agencies.

Please provide CV

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question - you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.

Memberships & Registrations

• Please enter your membership & registration IDs here.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro-rata for part-time.