Band 3 Pharmacy Support Worker / Band 4 Pharmacy Technician

Job Title: Pharmacy Support Worker or Pharmacy Technician

Grade: Band 3/4

Ward/Dept: Pharmacy Oncology

Trust: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Churchill Hospital, OX3 7LE

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri

Pay rate (including Holiday Pay): Day £13.47 (Band 3) - Day £19.14 (Band 4)

Are you a qualified Pharmacy Technician who has worked within Hospital Settings? Do you have Oncology experience? What is your general all-round knowledge of hospital pharmaceutical procedures? NHS Professionals have exciting opportunities for a Pharmacy Technician or experienced Pharmacy assistant to support our client trusts. You will be responsible for accurately and safely issuing prescriptions to patients engaging with the service in the Trust. You will maintain key relationships with co-workers and other health care professionals across the Trust to ensure an effective service.

The Churchill Hospital is a centre of excellence for cancer services and other specialties, including renal services and transplant, clinical and medical oncology, dermatology, haemophilia, chest medicine and palliative care.

The hospital, together with the nearby John Radcliffe Hospital, is a major centre for healthcare research, housing departments of Oxford University Medical School and Oxford Brookes University's School of Healthcare Studies.

It incorporates the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) - a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the NHS and three partner companies - which is a world-class centre for clinical research on diabetes, endocrine and metabolic disorders, along with clinical treatment and education.

Oxford is a fun and vibrant city to both live and work in, opportunities for research and there are robotics within the Pharmacy lab.

RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Dispensary experience, labelling, dispensing, counselling patients, stock control and answering the phone.

Working with scheduled patients list each day ensuring prescriptions are dispensed in advance of patients' treatment date and have a working knowledge of the cancer computerised prescription system (ARIA) and how to add notes.

Ensuring the delivery of the medications to the outpatient departments of the Oxford Cancer Centre in a timely manner and to be involved in the return of goods from the Oxford Cancer Centre, including entering it into the pharmacy computer system.

Using the pharmacy computer system to produce dispensing labels and to issue stock and to support general dispensing.

Contributing to the development of Standard Operating Procedures, to take an active part in Departmental Audits and to perform regular stock checks and expiry date checking.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

To be a Qualified pharmacy assistant (NVQ level 2) for Band 3; ACT Accreditation is desirable but not essential for Band 4.

Hold NVQ level 2 & 3 as a Band 3. Registered with GPhC as a Band 4.

Candidates who can work only 2 days to be considered; role is solely Dispensary-based.

Who are NHS Professionals?

If a hospital cannot supply staff on a ward or area, due to increased demand, sickness, or common staff shortages, they need to call upon Bank staff. NHS Professionals works with Trusts to develop a 'Bank' of highly skilled workers who want to work flexibly with the NHS.

Why NHS Professionals?

We value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver world-class healthcare service to our patients.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
• Dedicated consultants
• Flexible working options
• Free DBS and free training
• Build holiday allowance
• Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days
• Stakeholder pension scheme

COVID-19 ADVICE:

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our bank members who are not clinically exempt from vaccination to get vaccinated.