Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is in the exciting position to be able to recruit a competent and committed Pharmacy Technician who will work within the Digital Medicines team to support the electronic prescribing and administration system (EPMA/DigiMeds), and other pharmacy related systems. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in collaboration with clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure the effective implementation, maintenance, and optimisation of our digital medicines systems allowing the Trust to enhance the quality and safety of patient care.

We are looking for a pharmacy technician who has the vision and skills to translate clinical need into IT requirements. They will work closely with clinical and non-clinical staff to support EPMA ensuring optimal patient care and safety when medicines are prescribed and administered.

Working within the Digital Medicines team, the post holder will support the Digital Medicines Lead to:

• Ensure all users (prescribers, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians) receive the necessary training to use the system effectively and efficiently to help optimise clinical outcomes for patients within our care
• Participate in maintaining and optimising the electronic stock control system, ensuring continuation of existing new medicines management and governance structures.
• You will be a professional individual able to effectively collaborate with colleagues in a way that motivates and inspires others.
• Work flexibly within your role, adapting to changing needs as the project transitions through development, implementation and ultimately to become business as usual.

Essential

• Practicing Pharmacy Technician status – must be registered with the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council)
• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services with recognized underpinning knowledge qualification or General Pharmaceutical Council recognized equivalent e.g. BTEC Pharmaceutical Science.
• Demonstrable evidence of extensive continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Experience in pharmacy IT systems.
• Evidence of further study.
• Minimum 2 years recent post registration experience in Hospital Pharmacy.
• Accredited checking Pharmacy Technician

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Proven ability to work well in multi-professional teams
• Able to organize self and prioritize workloads appropriately and effectively
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – verbal, written, electronic
• Ability to work independently on sensitive and contentious issues
• Good analytical and problem solving skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of the current clinical workflow and pathways in the Trust.
• Good understanding of the current statutory and performance requirements under which the Trust operate.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Knowledge of EPMA/DigiMeds system functionality.

Experience

Essential

• Documented evidence of dispensing competence.
• Experience of working to formal documented procedures.
• Experience of Patient/Customer Service contact and involvement

Desirable

• Previous use of EPMA/DigiMeds system.
• Previous use of Crystal Reports

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.