Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician
Job Description
Job summary
- Provide a highly efficient medicines management service to a variety of wards within the Acute, Medicine, Care of the Elderly and Women's and Children's departments.
- Promote a safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines at ward level.
- Support the provision and expansion of the medicines management pharmacy technician service across the Trust
- Assist in the induction, training, supervision and support of new members of pharmacy staff.
- Assist in the training of healthcare staff on all aspects of medicines management at ward level.
- Participate in audits relating to medicines management.
- Complete medicines reconciliations within a timely manner in order to meet NICE
- Assess patients own drugs (PODs) for suitability for use.
- Order 'one stop dispensing' medications in a timely manner to promote the dispensing for discharge scheme.
- Final accuracy check clinically screened prescriptions for a minimum of eight hours per month in the main dispensary or on the satellite pharmacies to maintain the accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) competency.
- Provide advice to patients, representatives and healthcare professionals on all medication issues in order to achieve the best outcomes for the patients.
- Provide technical support to the satellite pharmacies and the main dispensary
- To be responsible for own Continuing Professional Development and training development.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving our ward based clinical pharmacy services. We are looking for someone with experience and a passion in this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient orientated pharmacy technician dedicated to patient safety. You will work with the medicines management team to help implement, deliver and continually improve the technical and clinical support to wards and satellite units. You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development. You will be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council Pharmacy Technician.This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend working and late duties as per rota.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Hospital Pharmacy Experience
- Knowledge of medicines management initatives
- Medicines management experience (checking PODs, transcribing, medicines reconciliation and counselling)
Desirable
- Knowledge of audits
- Staff management experience
- Change management experience
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 and/or BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical science
- Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Accredited Medicines Management Course
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Management Course
Personal
Essential
- Excellent written English skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to use initiative, negotiate and problem solve
- Able to work as a team and independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital
London
HA1 3UJ
