Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary

Band 6

Main area: Pharmacy Dept. Prospect Park

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 371-CS249

Site: Pharmacy Dept - Prospect Park Hospital

Town: Reading

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/03/:59

Job overview

If you are a qualified Pharmacy Technician looking for a new rewarding and challenging role, come and join our CQC rated 'Outstanding' Trust. We currently have an opportunity for a Specialist Pharmacy Technician (Dispensary) to join our team. You will deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service to our in-patient wards (community health and mental health services) and our out-patient services.

We are a small friendly team, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading where our dispensary is located.

Our working hours are currently 09.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday with you also working a late shift in the dispensary on a rota basis, which means no nights or weekends. We offer free parking on site.

Main duties of the job

1. Leadership experience required to manage the dispensary and the team.
2. Contribute to the development and implementation of pharmacy services.
3. Be a key player in developing and extending the role of our Pharmacy Technicians and support staff.
4. Be responsible for the provision of a high-quality patient focused dispensary service.
5. Ensure KPIs are fit for purpose, report on them and make recommendations/improvements to the indicators.
6. Review skill mix and methods of working in the dispensary.
7. Completing accuracy checking session(s).
8. Support Pharmacy Technicians in further training.
9. Work with the clozapine clinic team to ensure medicines are ready for the Trust wide clinics.
10. Develop skills and knowledge as part of a commitment to CPD and Clinical Supervision.
11. Providing support to Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and support workers while they undertake their learning.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The "must haves" for this role:

1. Nationally accredited checking qualification.
2. Substantive post registration hospital experience including management and leadership.
3. Detailed knowledge of dispensary standards and practice.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point - by - point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Kirsty Hodder on or email: who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person specification Education/Qualifications/Training

• Registered pharmacy technician with GPhC.
• Nationally accredited checking technician qualification.
• Nationally accredited medicines optimisation qualification (foundation level).
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience in a pharmacy setting.

Continuous Professional Development

• Committed to continuing professional development (CPD).

Previous Experience

• Substantial post registration hospital experience including management, leadership supervision and development of staff.
• Stakeholder relationship management.
• Knowledge and experience in delivering national ACPT training programmes.
• Experience of recruitment and appointment procedures.
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams and ward environments.
• Mental health experience.
• Community hospital experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written formats.
• Able to make judgments involving facts or situations, where there are a range of options.
• Well-developed physical accuracy and dexterity.
• Experience of working with EMIS and ARiM.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to prioritise own workload, and work well under pressure.
• Able to concentrate for extended periods where work pattern is unpredictable.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. For information on how we store your information, please review our privacy statement.

No agencies, please.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.