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Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

About

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS Foundation Trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside, and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.

Contact

Address: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Human Resources Department; Northumbria House; 7/8 Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park; Newcastle upon Tyne; NE27 0QJ
Contact Number: 0191 2031415 Option 2

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Jobs Website

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Ref: 319-7220375JA Vacancy ID: 7220375

Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care

Accepting applications until: 15-Jun-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 15-Jun-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Wansbeck Primary Care Network
Address: Norham Road
Town: Ashington
Postcode: NE63 0NG
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full time or part time hours may be considered)

Salary

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Pharmacy

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
A range of flexible working opportunities
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks and utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
Support medicines reconciliation for patients at transitions of care, communicating effectively with community pharmacy and secondary care colleagues.
Contribute to effective systems for medication review for patients on repeat medication. This includes support for clinical pharmacists in delivering structured medication reviews (SMR) to help reduce medicines-related harm.
Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities.
Manage shared care protocols to local arrangements, participate in medication audits and carry out safety searches to ensure appropriate monitoring for patients receiving high-risk medication.
Support the PCN in implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage, including Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support the implantation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.
Where required, support the PCN to deliver the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES).

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BTEC in pharmaceutical science or NVQ Level 3 supported by appropriate underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences, NPA or equivalent qualification.
• Regional Qualification or equivalent for Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians. (If not already held there will be an expectation to achieve this when a training opportunity becomes available).
• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Evidence of relevant specialist continuing professional development.
• To have successfully completed an appropriate accredited technician checking qualification e.g. Regional Scheme, Buttercups. Regional Qualification for Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (if not already held there will be an expectation to achieve this when a training opportunity becomes available).
• A1 or equivalent NVQ assessor qualification (if not already held there will be an expectation to achieve this when a training opportunity becomes available).
• IT skills to include pharmacy systems, Microsoft word and Excel.
• Relevant evidence of CPD demonstrating that their knowledge and training are current and show evidence of revalidation if appropriate.
• The above qualifications will ensure the post holder has the required skills for the role and has the specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level.