Pharmacy Technician Job with Visa Sponsorship (COS)

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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