Pharmacy Technician

Job Summary

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be expected to provide assistance in the provision of pharmacy and medicine management services at EMAS.

The Job Purpose Is

1. To improve the safe and efficient supply of medicines to ambulance crews.
2. To communicate with other members of the Pharmacy and clinical team to facilitate a seamless service that does not impact 999 service delivery.
3. To assist in medication incident reporting, investigation and learning from medication incidents to promote the safe use of medication across the organisation.

Main Duties Of The Job Include

• Oversee the production of medicine response bags and prepare paperwork ensuring accurate data entry.
• Support medicines management assistants to fill medicine response bags ensuring each item is accurately dispensed, and in the correct packaging, according to SOPs.
• Accurately record the batch numbers and expiry dates of medications according to Pharmaceutical guidelines.
• Complete endorsement of appropriate paperwork on completion of the medicines management process.
• Communicate any delays in supply to the appropriate person.
• Accurately check medicines delivered from suppliers into stock holding.
• Resolve queries relating to medications, referring when necessary to the Pharmacist.
• Prioritise any urgent requests, communicating the urgency to the medicines management team, to ensure the timely receipt of medications to ambulance crews.

About Us

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides emergency, urgent and non-emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire). We have over 70 locations, 500+ vehicles, a range of specialist medical devices and over 2700 employees supported by 1500 volunteers.

Date posted: 24 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 335-A-1621-A

Job locations: Alfreton Resource Centre, Meadow Lane Industrial Estate, Salcombe Court, Salcombe Road, Alfreton, DE55 7RG

Job Description

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Person Specification

Experience Essential

• Pharmaceutical knowledge and experience
• Experience of working as part of a team

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Address: Alfreton Resource Centre, Meadow Lane Industrial Estate, Salcombe Court, Salcombe Road, Alfreton, DE55 7RG

Employer's website: https://www.emas.nhs.uk/