Job Details:
Banding: 4/5/6
Hourly Rate: £18 to £25 (dependent on banding)
Working hours: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours a week (will consider part time / minimum of 3 days a week)
Payment Method: Direct Engagement
Contract Type: Locum
Contract Length: 3 months minimum
Job Summary:
- Working as member of the Dispensary pharmacy team providing a safe and effective service to a variety of patients within the hospital and outside units. Striving with the multidisciplinary team to resolve queries as they arise.
- For the Band 6 position: Accuracy checking to support the dispensary workflow with a weekly rota checking slot.
- Taking an up-to-date accurate medication history for all patients and working with the multidisciplinary team.
- To dispense in-patient and out-patient prescriptions and discharge summaries in accordance with departmental guidelines.
- To assist with the daily stock checks and specified items.
- To ensure goods are stored under the appropriate conditions and stocks are rotated.
- To evaluate returned pharmaceuticals from wards and departments for suitability to re-issue in line with departmental guidelines.
- To ensure that adequate levels of consumable items used in the course of dispensing are available and to top-up these items as necessary.
Essential Candidate Criteria:
- BTEC/NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical Service
- Registered as a practicing pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- For Band 6 position, must be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician.
- Dispensary experience essential.
Blackstone Benefits:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Framework Rates
✅Informed tailored career advice
✅Personalised job alerts
✅Unlimited referral bonus
✅Prompt payroll
For further information on this role, please contact Emma Ansett at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now