Clinical Pharmacy Technician Visa Sponsorship Uk

Job Description

Job Summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to obtain specific skills in a clinical setting. We are seeking a dedicated pharmacy technician to join our varied team.

The position holder will be an important member of the wider pharmacy team, collaborating with other healthcare professionals, including chemists, to oversee the provision and supply of medication to patients at Good Hope within University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be responsible for providing a high degree of clinical care to our hospital’s patients by providing a safe and effective clinical medications optimisation service. As part of your responsibilities, you will collaborate with the clinical pharmacy team to bridge the gap between pharmacy and clinical area(s). You will establish important ties with the interdisciplinary team and serve as a crucial communication channel.

In this role, you will be fully supported in developing the skills and experience needed to practise at an advanced level in a hospital context. As the successful candidate, you will participate in a comprehensive training programme with the assistance of numerous experienced Clinical Pharmacy Technicians.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a list of all essential and desirable requirements for the position. Full-time and part-time (18.75) hours are available.

For further information about the post, please contact Melanie Mitchell at melanie.mitchell@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 424 9128.

Main responsibilities, tasks, and abilities required

With a patient-centered approach, you will:

*Assist the pharmacy department in providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients; *Provide a high-quality ward-based medications optimisation service to a variety of regions across the Trust;

As a role model, provide training and mentorship to junior staff members.

Support the pharmacy satellite unit in cancer services.

Carry out accuracy checking commitments.

Key Person Specification Requirements

Obtain a nationally approved pharmacy technician qualification and register with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Currently working as a licenced pharmacy technician with post-qualification experience in an acute setting.

A nationally acknowledged and validated accuracy checking qualification.

A professional approach with the capacity to encourage oneself and others

The ability to stay cool under pressure.

A flexible approach and commitment to meet the needs of the service.

A keen attention to detail.

Experience as a clinical pharmacy technician or in a comparable role is desired.

This position provides in-service development training and the opportunity to get important clinical experience. Participation in one evening per week, one out of every seven to twelve weekends, and one bank holiday per year will be required on a rotating basis.

About us.

We are acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to Build Healthier Lives, and we understand that we will require exceptional employees to achieve this.

Our dedication to our employees is to offer the ideal environment for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and well-being of our employees, including a commitment to provide flexible working arrangements when possible;
We provide our employees with a wide range of training and development options to help them achieve their personal and professional goals.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our employees are treated fairly and feel like they belong by providing a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. This is about equal opportunity; eradicating all barriers, including prejudice, and ensuring that each individual member of staff reaches their full potential, achieves their goals, and thrives in their jobs. This isn’t just words. We’re taking action. Our dedication to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, and is pushed by our varied and active staff networks, as well as the Fairness Taskforce, which is managed by our CEO. We foster a culture that encourages employees to oppose discriminatory behaviour and allows people to contribute their “full self” to a kinder, more connected, and bolder place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a smoke-free hospital.

Job Description

*Please Note: For a complete job description for this position, please check the attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Must include the following:
• Professional registration with the GPC.
• Accredited for Dispensing Accuracy. West Midlands scheme or an equal.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• Certified Checking Technician (National Framework) or equivalent.
• Add one of the following:
• Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians.

OR

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science and Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills.

OR

• Equivalent as determined by the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Accredited Checking Technician (National Framework).

Experience

Essential

• Pre-qualification in pharmacy requires two years of work experience.
• Currently working as a band 4 pharmacy technician / equivalent or higher with post-qualification experience in an acute setting.
• The capacity to demonstrate a comparable degree of knowledge and appropriate practical experience for the position
• Significant experience in the pharmacy setting.
• Experience with the particular function for the area of responsibility.
• Experience organising different levels of workers and their workload.
• Experienced in following policies and procedures
• Significant experience in the hospital pharmacy setting
• Understanding the Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
• Workplace health and safety, including COSHH
• Understanding of dispensing, stock control, supply, and information technology systems and operations.
• Knowledge of Code of Practice/Customer Care
• Knowledge about drugs, side effects, and where to get more information
• Knowledge of methods, regulations, and procedures related to the job
• Understands the requirement to provide a cost-effective service and the essential work procedures to reduce waste.

Desirable

• Experience as a Clinical Pharmacy Technician or in a similar position.
• Deputising for senior personnel, coordinating daily work flow, and situational staff management.
• Experience establishing new working habits or procedures.
• Participate in staff training and mentorship
• Understanding the ward environment

Additional Criteria:

Essential

• Capable of thinking clearly, assessing, and solving minor difficulties.
• Accepts responsibility for one’s own work/actions and contributes to team success.
• Capable of communicating difficult information at the right level vocally, in writing, or electronically as needed.
• Capable of successfully managing their own time and responsibilities in order to reach their goals.
• Capable of identifying customer needs and providing service at the required degree.
• Demonstrates IT and keyboard skills, such as e-mail and word processing.
• Capable of setting work objectives for others and supporting them through training and coaching. Managing departure from objectives and deadlines.
• Shows appropriate interpersonal skills to collaborate with other healthcare providers and address patient requirements.
• Motivates oneself and others.
• Has knowledge and skills to advise patients on the appropriate use of medicines to support their treatment/care.
• Recognises when issues/activities fall beyond of their scope and/or abilities and refers accordingly.
• demonstrates initiative.
• Capable of assessing employee performance and providing constructive criticism.
• Understands the necessity for and is able to work within stated procedures.
• demonstrates the ability to lead, support, and train other staff members.
• Adaptable to changes
• Ability to work as a team.
• Enthusiastic, loyal and trustworthy, with a mature approach.
• Good time management.
• careful and accurate in job.
• Able to display prudence and diplomacy.
• Fair and objective.
• Flexible to meet the demands of the role, the needs of the pharmaceutical service, and other staff.
• Good team player and can motivate others.
• Self-motivated and effective use of personal initiative
• keen to strengthen and develop the pharmacy service, and devoted to the notion of technician-led services.
• Keen to develop own skills and apply them for the benefit of others.
• Capable of making timely and suitable referrals to higher staff.
• Ability to travel to other Trust sites.
• Flexible to work based on service needs.
• Committed to adhere to the Trust Vision and Values.

Desirable

• Capable of creating and executing SOPs in collaboration with the line manager.
• Capable of assessing employee performance and providing constructive criticism.
• demonstrates the capacity to do a multitude of jobs.
• Demonstrates the capacity to train subordinate staff on the dispensing of complicated drug regimens, clinical trials, and unlicensed items.
• Awareness of future advancements in pharmacy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, which requires a Disclosure application to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service (previously known as CRB) to check for any past criminal conviction.

Certificate of Sponsorship

applicants from job seekers who require existing skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are encouraged and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration page.

From April 6, 2017, skilled worker applicants requesting for entrance clearance into the UK were required to show a criminal record certificate from each country where they had lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. This requirement also applies to adult dependents (those over the age of 18). Guidance can be found here. Criminal background checks for international candidates.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further information, please visit the NHS Careers page.