pharmacy technician Kingston upon Thames, England
Job description
Kingston Hospital Pharmacy are looking for a dynamic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join us as a Senior Technician to help assist the day to day running of pharmacy stores and run an efficient and effective service. You would also be expected to deputise for the purchasing co-ordinator on an ad-hoc basis. This role will suit someone with existing hospital pharmacy experience with an interest in pharmacy stores and procurement.
You will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work under pressure, multi-task and meet deadlines while working in a fast paced environment.
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Pharmacy Department provides a high quality, professional pharmacy service and has an excellent reputation within the Trust. Both the Pharmacy Department and the Trust have a long-standing reputation for being a friendly and rewarding place to work.
As the senior pharmacy stores and distribution service your main duties will be deputising for the Chief Pharmacy Technician (purchasing and distribution); including managing the day to day service of the pharmacy stores service, managing to-follows, covering ward top-ups and pharmacy delivery receipting where necessary. You will be responsible for resolving ad-hoc queries, a weekly drugs critical check list, as well as assisting with month end duties. On occasion you will be expected to cover the purchasing co-ordinator where necessary.
You will also be expected to participate in late duties, weekend working and bank holidays.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our five values are that we are all:
Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants
Safe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
Value each other - we all value each other's contribution
Inspiring -we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'
Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
