Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician- Band 4 to 5

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

To be a key member of Pharmacy team working within the department: Ward based Medicine Management teams, & Dispensary.

Key Result Areas & Performance:

Ward Based Duties Medicines Management

To compile and verify electronically or on paper a patients drug history by communicating with the patient, carers, GPs and other health professionals.

To endorse electronic or paper prescription charts with relevant medicine related information following trust policies and procedures.

To document allergies to medicines.

To undertake a review of patients own drugs to accurately assess the suitability of continued use while the patient is in hospital.

To participate in the discharge planning of patients with ward staff and other healthcare professionals both in secondary and primary care.

To give out patient medication to patients and counsel the patient on their medication to promote adherence. This will include the name of the medication, dosage, common side-effects and administration details including use of devices. In addition, resolve any queries or concerns a patient may have about their medications.

Document consultations where appropriate in the patients records.

To minimise delays in discharge by ensuring that medication is available at the appropriate time.

To dispense prescriptions if required.

To assess patients to see if a compliance aid is required to help concordance.

To provide verbal and written medicines related advice and information for patients and/or carers regarding prescribed medication and their devices with the primary aim of improving patient outcomes through medicines optimisation.

To assist with stock control and stock management of medicines on designated wards in communication with the ward pharmacist, ward managers, medicines management pharmacy assistants and rotational pharmacy assistants/apprentices.

To assist with the workload on designated wards in communication with the ward pharmacist, ward managers, Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy, Technicians, medicines management pharmacy assistants and rotational pharmacy assistants/apprentices and Preregistration Pharmacists.

To identify and return unwanted or out of date medicines to Pharmacy for disposal or for safe return to Pharmacy stock in accordance with local procedures.

To arrange the supply and return of controlled drugs from the wards in an efficient manner.

To transcribe and order medication that are clinically screened or awaiting a clinical screen by a pharmacist in accordance with trust policy.

To support the implementation of self-administration by patients and/or carers where possible

To support the efficient transfer of medicines between wards.

Ensure the safe and secure handling of medicines during medicines management visits; identify issues and feedback to ward/team managers.

To communicate with external organisations as necessary for admission and discharge processes (e.g. community pharmacies, GP surgeries).

To undertake and complete the relevant sections of the Medicines Optimisation Program or its equivalent.

Obtains consent from patient for all appropriate actions.

To carry out and record daily monitoring of fridge and ambient temperatures for where medicines are stored, e.g. satellite rooms, and escalate any issues to the appropriate senior member of staff.

Dispensary

Accurately dispense and check prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients using manual and automated services. Prescription types will include: outpatients, inpatients, discharges, controlled drugs and clinical trials. This will involve inputting of patient details into the Ascribe computer system and subsequently produce dispensing labels. The label, prescription and product are collected together and assembled. Any additional items such as spoons, bags etc, are also added. The prepared items are checked for accuracy and passed to the pharmacist/accredited technician for final checking.

To receive drug charts and prescriptions from the inpatient hatch and record details in the dispensary logs.

To successfully complete competencies covering the dispensing of medication over a range of prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients and TTAs.

To help investigate stock level discrepancies within the Dispensary in line with current procedures.

To perform the stock check of the emergency cupboard ensuring correct temperature and medicine expiry dates.

To issue completed prescriptions and controlled drug supplies to ward staff.

To remove any prepared prescriptions that have not been collected and return them to stock/destroy in accordance with Pharmacy procedure.

To supply stock controlled drugs, and related controlled stationary to wards and departments.

To perform controlled drugs stock checks, to audit and report any discrepancies to the Dispensary Manager or the Deputy Dispensary Manager.

Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) duties:

Complete Accreditation (ACPT) according to CPPE/HEE LaSE scheme and local ACPT Policy.

Conduct checking duties in dispensary or in a ward dispensing setting for a minimum of 8 hours per month.

Provide constructive feedback when informing dispensers that they have made mistakes during dispensing.

Report in-process errors using the Right First Time Procedure.

Arrive promptly for arranged checking sessions.

Ensure that your knowledge is up to date by reading all pharmacy procedures relevant to the accuracy checking of dispensed medicines and the ACPT Policy.

Contribute to the quality management of dispensing by suggesting improvements to practice and procedures.

Inform the ACPT facilitator on your base site before your accreditation expires, so that they can arrange for your reaccreditation.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• oNVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent
• oRegistration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• o ACPT or willingness to undertake
• o MMPT or MOPs accreditation or willingness to undertake
• BTECH level 3 in Pharmaceutical science

Experience

Essential

• oDealing with the public
• oUse of computers
• Dispensing experience

Desirable

• oHave worked in Hospital pharmacy, minimum 2 years' experience.
• oSupervising and training others

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• oGood communication skills
• oTeam player
• oAble to work from written procedures
• oAble to self organise and meet deadlines
• oAbility to work under pressure
• oUse of initiative
• oAccurate dispensing

Desirable

• Able or willing to give presentations using relevant materials
• Experience of using electronic prescribing systems

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.

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

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road,

London

SE18 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)