We are excited to announce a brand-new opportunity for a Band 4 Pharmacy Technician to join our care homes team at our Halesfield premises in Telford. This is a full-time position on a fixed-term contract of 6 months. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a crucial role in enriching our multidisciplinary team (MDT) by providing essential pharmacy support to our care homes for the first time.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.
As a key member of the Care Home team, the postholder will collaborate closely with the MDT to develop and deliver a high-quality pharmaceutical and technical service for Care Home patients.
Working closely with patients to make sure they get the most out of their medications and offering pharmaceutical advice and information to members of the Care Home team will be a primary
priority as well as to champion patient safety and support medication management.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
For further information on the role, please see the attached document entitled 'Job Description and Person Specification'.