Senior Pharmacy Technician (Development Role)

Job summary

Pharmacy Technician Band 4 to 5 progression (depending on experience):

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly and hardworking Pharmacy team in our automated premises at Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford (GU2 7LX). We are a multi-site organisation with inpatient units here in Guildford, Silverwood Unit in Chertsey and Meadows, West Park in Epsom. We also have our Research and Development Team based at Two Bridges in Chertsey (where clinical trials are held).

Based mainly at Farnham Road Hospital, this role will include medicines reconciliation, dispensing for inpatients and outpatients, final accuracy checking, involvement in the clozapine supply process and supporting our clinical trials work. We are therefore looking for someone with excellent communication and organisational abilities, who is multi skilled and can work both independently and as part of a close-knit team.

Whilst previous mental health experience would be an advantage it is not essential, and we can support you to develop your knowledge and skills in this area of growing interest.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have a BTEC and NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in Pharmacy Services and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

An Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification is an essential attribute of the Band 5 role. However, if you do not have this accreditation, you can join us as a band 4 Pharmacy Technician and progress to a band 5 on completion of an appropriate accredited course, which will be a work-based qualification. Once you have gained the qualification and the necessary further experience you can progress to a band 5 senior pharmacy technician.

We welcome applications from people who are working within primary care or secondary care and would like a change of setting or speciality. If you have the commitment to make a positive difference for those people who use our services then we would love to hear from you.

The department is open Monday to Friday and there is no other weekend working required. Although this is a full-time post, part time applicants and flexible working arrangements will be considered in accordance with our Trust Policies.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!