Job Description

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated individual looking for a career as a Pharmacy Technician - start date 4th September 2023

We are a busy department including: dispensary, logistics, quality control, manufacture/preparation of medicines/products including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition, clinical trials, ward based/clinical activities, medicines information and community services.

A minimum of 4 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade A*-C/9 – 4 including Maths, English, and at least one science that includes (Chemistry or Biology).

Calculation and literacy testing is part of the interview.

You must demonstrate an understanding and compliance with the values and behaviours expected of NHS staff and the Standards for Pharmacy Professionals.

Please note the salary is £19317 for year 1 and £20697 for year 2. (Annex 21: Year 1 = 70% top of B4, year 2 = 75% top of B4.)

You will participate in our 7 day service provision.

We are advertising independently for each pharmacy (Ipswich/Colchester) and will be interviewing at both sites on different dates. Please apply for either or both posts. We will only require you to attend one interview, but will consider you for either post. We will ask at interview for your preference.

Applications for this post are via: read attached documents. For more information (Ipswich post) call Sally Rogers, Technican Services Manager 01473 704432.

Each candidate must be motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed and committed to self-study and use study time given by the department effectively to enable successful completion of the course and therefore eligibility to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.

The successful candidate will undertake a Certificate of Higher Education, in Pharmacy Technician Practice delivered by the School of Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. This course is funded through the apprenticeship scheme, so apprenticeship funding rules will apply. The course has a blended learning approach using e-learning, classroom tutorials, practical sessions and portfolio building. There will be on-going assessments, observations with mandatory study days and forums.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role and course please see the attached job description & role descriptor.

This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jun 2023

Job Tags

Traineeship, Flexible hours,

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