Pharmacy Technician ( Bank Shifts)

Job Description:

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Department: Pharmacy

Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, Kensington SW5 0TU

Contract: Bank Shifts

Salary range: £23 per hour

Full time/part time: n/a

As a pharmacy technician at Bupa, our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.

Role Overview

The Outpatient Pharmacy service is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 8.30pm and Saturday morning from 9am to 2.30pm. Applicants will contribute to our excellent evening service from 5.30pm – 8.00pm – Monday to Friday and on Saturday morning.

The successful pharmacy technician will work to ensure a cohesive team focus for the provision of an efficient, smooth-running dispensing service.

Registered pharmacy technicians need only apply.

What you’ll do:

• Price and dispense out-patient prescriptions in accordance with the law and hospital procedures, ensuring that the appropriate checking procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Participate in patient counselling and department counter service as appropriate.
• Sell ‘Pharmacy only’ and GSL medicines to patients, using appropriate questioning to ensure that the medicines are being used appropriately, under the direct supervision of a Pharmacist in accordance with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines for licensed retail pharmacies.
• Ensure that prescription documentation is maintained and stored appropriately in accordance with the law.
• Ensure that all charges are posted appropriately in order to assist in the delivery of the hospital’s business goals.
• Participate in the stock distribution function of the technician team, liaising with ward and department managers to ensure that ward stocks are kept at suitable levels, drugs are stored correctly, stock rotation and expiry date checking is performed, and the efficient functioning of Pyxis on designated wards as appropriate.

What you’ll bring:

• A registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.
• Experience of retail and/or hospital pharmacy.
• A positive can-do attitude and willingness to go the extra mile.

Why Bupa?

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

Benefits

Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. Alongside flexible hours to suit your own circumstances, you’ll also be able to take advantage of other great benefits:

• An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
• Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
• Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

At Bupa, we strive to ensure all our customers, patients, and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.