Band 4-5 Pharmacy Technician

at  Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Company Description
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is among the largest acute hospital trusts nationwide. We offer acute and specialized services to residents of Portsmouth, South East Hampshire, and West Sussex. Our reputation for innovation and excellence continues to grow as we consistently deliver outstanding performance while nurturing the skills and expertise of our staff.
Job Description

THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED WITHIN THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT NHS CARE SYSTEM

Are you looking for an exciting career? Would you like to join a fantastic hardworking team and be able to follow a career path? Here at Portsmouth Hospital University Trust, we are recruiting to our expanding Pharmacy team! We are very lucky to have recently moved into larger brand-new premises based on site within QA Hospital.
This position is a Band 4 to 5 developmental post. If you have the necessary qualifications and experience you will be recruited to a Band 5, otherwise progression to a Band 5 will be on completion of required experience, competencies and skills. Opportunities will be given to gain the experience and competencies required to progress within a 12 month timeframe. You will supported by a mentor every step of the way.
This progressive role could be just want you need to develop your confidence and skills before stepping into that senior role
This is a busy, varied role, based within a large diverse team providing medicines to over 1000 inpatients, clinics and outpatients every day. You will have excellent opportunities to learn and fully utilise your strong organisation skills and great communication ability daily, where you will be making a direct impact to the rest of the Pharmacy team and patients too. If you are enthusiastic and reliable you will do just great here at PHUT.
Your day will be occupied with various tasks – primarily the role will be participating in a rota that covers all aspects of PHUT. This role will be ideal for someone wishing to expand their knowledge and gain experience all the aspects of Pharmacy that Portsmouth has to offer.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services with recognized underpinning knowledge qualification or General Pharmaceutical Council recognized equivalent e.g. BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Registered Pharmacy Technician status

Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs

Please refer the Job description for details