Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

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Job description

Main area: Pharmacy Grade Band 4 (annex 21)

Contract: Fixed term: 24 months (or secondment)

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (over 7 working days)

Job ref: 241-198DS-25

Employer: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Bolton Hospital

Town: Bolton

Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa (Annex 21)

Internal Band 2 & 3 Pharmacy Assistants paid at current salary

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 17/04/2025 23:59

Job overview

Full-time 37.5 hours per week. Fixed Term/Secondment for 24 months.

We require an enthusiastic, hardworking individual to train as a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT).

Applicants must possess a minimum of 4 GCSE’s grade 9-4 or equivalent which must include Maths, English and 2 Science subjects (to include Chemistry) to meet the entry requirements for the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles & Practice for Pharmacy Technicians (Dual or Triple Science including Chemistry is acceptable).

You will receive training in a wide range of pharmaceutical skills including the provision of pharmaceutical care to both In-patients and Out-patients. You will dispense prescriptions, undertake over the counter sales, provide counselling to patients on the use of their prescribed medication, and participate in medicine reconciliation duties.

The successful candidate will attend College on a day release basis for two years. Protected study time is allocated but a commitment to undertake study in your own time is expected.

This is an Advanced Apprenticeship scheme therefore funding for training can only be provided to those who do not hold a level 4 qualification or above i.e. a degree in a relevant Pharmacy related subject area. Any successful applicant with a level 4 or above qualification in a Pharmacy related subject would therefore need to self-fund the course.

Main duties of the job

To be enabled to carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in specified areas of the Pharmacy Department and on wards under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist and Pharmacy General Services Manager (Chief Technician). The post holder will be enabled to provide services in a consistently high and professional manner which is complementary to a well-managed clinical pharmacy service, at all times ensuring that standards are maintained, particularly with respect to statutory professional and legal requirements, i.e.:

• Provide a safe and effective dispensing service
• Provide patient focused pharmacy services to named clinical areas and support medicines management and risk management strategies within those area(s) and/or services
• Complete Drug histories whilst under the supervision of a designated registered Pharmacy Technician
• Assess patients’ own medicines for fitness to use and contribute to schemes involving the safe and effective use of patients’ own medicines under supervision of the Senior Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Management
• Develop skills which allow active contribution to dispensing for discharge schemes and be responsible for providing this service to nominated wards under the guidance of Senior Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Management
• Support practice research within the pharmacy department.

This is a rotational post and whilst in the community setting you will need access to a car to visit patients in their own home and our bed-based services.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• 4 x GCSE, grades 9-4 in Mathematics, English and 2 science subjects (to include chemistry) N.B. Dual or Triple Science including Chemistry is acceptable
• NVQ level 2 pharmacy Services

Skills and experience

• Ability to handle small objects
• Able to work accurately in a consistent, accurate manner
• Knowledge of pharmacy services & systems
• Able to undertake calculations necessary to support safe pharmaceutical practice
• Demonstrate full range of skills to meet job description
• Awareness of current NHS/Medicines Management initiatives
• Able to work accurately alone and as part of a team
• Able to take responsibility within limits of expected role
• Active contributor to the development of the pharmacy service
• Concentrates and able to meet deadlines
• Adaptable to changing needs of the service

Disposition

• Able to work as part of a team
• Communicates readily – verbal, written & listening skills

The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.

We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. Please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Samantha Howarth

Job title: Senior Technician, Training and Education

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 01204 390555

For further information or to arrange a visit to the department, please contact Samantha Howarth, Senior Technician, Training and Education at 01204 390555 or email: [e-mail].