Pharmacy Technician Job with Visa Sponsorship (COS)

Pharmacy Technician Job with Visa Sponsorship (COS) at University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust – University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

The main outline of rotations will include;
– Dispensary-based training at Southampton General Hospital and The Royal South Hants Hospital, where you will be trained through competency-based learning to dispense and label accurately.
–    Issuing medications to patients will also be covered.
–    Experience working with the team at South Central Ambulance Service, ensuring appropriate levels of medication for ambulances across the region are maintained and supervising junior staff to meet workload demands.
– Ward-based learning where you will spend time with patients taking an accurate medication history, discussing the medications they have brought into the hospital and offering advice. 
–     Experience in our large aseptic units learning how to produce IV antibiotics, Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) and Cytotoxic IV/Infusions.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC or working towards qualifications suitable for registration as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC within the next six months.
• Numerate and literate e.g. GCSE in Maths and English A* to C or equivalent or IELTS test score 7 as required by GPhC if overseas candidate
• Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy or aseptics)
• Maintaining continuous professional development requirements or training portfolio
• Dealing with customers and / or patients
• Able to use a range of information technology programmes
• Demonstrates being able to organise own and others workload and prioritise effectively
• Able to work antisocial hours, weekends and bank holidays as per rota.
• Able to travel to and work at RSH / SGH and other sites if required

Desirable criteria

• Additional pharmacy qualifications e.g. Completed APTUK Foundation Framework Management training Practice supervisor or TAQA Medicines Management qualification PIPC or ACPT
• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Stock control / ordering experience
• Providing a ward-based medicines management service
• Aseptic pharmacy experience
• Clinical trials or research experience
• Experience of using JAC or similar pharmacy based computer systems
• Experience of supervision of staff or trainees

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together