Band 4 Pharmacy Technician - Patient Services

We are looking for registered Pharmacy Technicians who would be based at King George Hospital in Goodmayes. We have one post at each hospital. Duties include:

• Clinical ward-based duties, including counselling and transcribing


• In and out-patient dispensing


• Assessment of patients' own drugs and drug history taking


• Discharge counsellin


We have a comprehensive training package which will enable you to develop as a clinical ward-based technician. This includes

• Completing the Regional Accredited Checking Technician (ACT) Scheme


• Competence in the assessment of Patient's Own Drugs


• Competence in taking a medication histor, Dispense medications for in-patients, out-patients and discharged patients under the supervision of a Pharmacist
  
  We are looking for a technician with a NVQ 3 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent, who is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. We will consider newly qualified technicians or technicians about to qualify. You must be hard working, accurate and have some experience of working in a UK hospital.
  
  Under the leadership of our Chair Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, we provide care for the residents of three of the most diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.


Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London.

As we recover from Covid-19, we're proud to be leading the way nationally in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The pandemic provided the drive forour teams to innovate and change.

We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and our performance against the four-hour emergency access standard remains challenged, in comparison to many other London trusts.

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We're also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.