Job summary
Employer heading
Band 5 Senior Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Management
NHS AfC: Band 5
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Band 5 Senior Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Management
This post is based on Barnet Hospital of the Royal Free Hospital Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and adaptable Pharmacy Technician with good communication and interpersonal skills to take on this challenging post. Your role will involve working with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and other health care professionals on providing Medicines Management services at ward level.
The post holder will support the ward pharmacists to carry out medicines reconciliation for our newly admitted patients and the assessment of patients own drugs. You will support the day-to-day coordination of the satellite pharmacy by providing original pack dispensing, patient counselling and co-ordination of the supply of discharge medicines to our patients.
You will be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) and a qualified Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician. You must have evidence of registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and have good post qualification experience working as a Pharmacy Technician within an NHS Hospital Pharmacy.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure that the Medicines Management is delivered in a safe, effective, economic, and timely manner. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all documentation and procedures are carried out in accordance with current legislation and guidelines.
Medicines Management will include supporting medicines optimisation at ward level. They will support the Pharmacy Technician Specialist (Medicines Management) in developing and maintaining the medicines management service at ward level. This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicines reconciliation, providing original pack dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines, top-ups, medicine returns and co-ordinating supply of discharge medicines which includes dispensing TTAs on the wards. The post holder will also support the induction and training of a range of staff, including (but not limited to) Pharmacy technicians, Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) and Trainee Pharmacists (TPs).
Working for our organisation
Our Trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
The Pharmacy Service at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust comprises of Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary services, ward based clinical pharmacy services, Medicines Information, aseptic and non-sterile production services, pharmacy stores & distribution, procurement, and homecare services. We cover a range of clinical specialties including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, hepatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women’s health, paediatrics, and infection control.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This job description outlines the current main responsibilities of the post. However the duties of the post may change and develop over time and may therefore be amended in consultation with the post holder.
Person specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences and NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 or equivalent
- Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Checking Technician (ACT) or willing to work toward this
- QCF A1 workplace assessor award or working towards this
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
- Previous assessable experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy Computer System (or equivalent)
- Computer literate including Microsoft Office software products
- Ability and understanding of how to correctly and efficiently obtain accurate medication histories and contribute towards medicines reconciliation
Desirable criteria
- Previous assessable managerial/ supervisory experience and experience in training
- Previous assessable experience in recruitment and selection of staff
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills (with patients and staff of all levels)
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Demonstrate proven ability to dispense accurately.
- Demonstrate proven ability to counsel and give advice to patients/carers on medications.
- Excellent understanding of computerised systems of stock control management
- Demonstrate ability to prioritise and organise own workload and for staff managed.
- Methodical methods of working and good decision - making skills
- Demonstrate attention to detail.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate ability to deal with conflict and complaints (with patients and staff of all levels)
- Demonstrate ability to plan, organise & deliver induction & competency based training.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mohammad Mizan Uddin
- Job title
- Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082164882
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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