Job summary
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Frailty (Sheppey Community Hospital & Medway Hospital)
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services
Band: 5
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Week Commencing 19th August 2024
We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacy Technician who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
(This includes weekends and Bank holidays)
Main duties of the job
We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join our Trust clinical pharmacy team. The post includes the provision of clinical ward-based services for a new sub-acute frailty ward to support care closer to Sheppey and Medway patients.
This is an exciting opportunity for a technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to working at ward level providing ward-based specialist clinical pharmacy services and show senior leadership in medicines management. 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 technician dedicated to patient safety.
The post holder will be educated to NVQ level 3 in pharmacy services, BTEC (or equivalent) in pharmaceutical sciences and BTEC Accuracy Checking qualification. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is essential.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Careby the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared visionis achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First.Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient Firstdeployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work at an enhanced specialist level frailty clinical service on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation.
As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.
The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team will lead on medicines optimisation strategies including palliative and end of life care.
The Frailty team will utilise tool such as STOPP-START, STOP and 7 STEPs in response to the National Overprescribing Review pledge of September 2021 around polypharmacy and overprescribing
This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicine reconciliation, and discharge planning, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication to ensure patient flow.
The post holders will work with the clinical pharmacy team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust.
The role will involve being a Practice/Educational supervisor, Line management and leadership and will also involve taking responsibility for a defined area of service delivery (frailty sub-acute lone off-site working).
The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities including dispensing-on-ward activity and working as an accredited checking Technician.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work at an enhanced specialist level frailty clinical service on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation.
As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.
The Clinical Pharmacy Frailty Team will lead on medicines optimisation strategies including palliative and end of life care.
The Frailty team will utilise tool such as STOPP-START, STOP and 7 STEPs in response to the National Overprescribing Review pledge of September 2021 around polypharmacy and overprescribing
This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicine reconciliation, and discharge planning, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication to ensure patient flow.
The post holders will work with the clinical pharmacy team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust.
The role will involve being a Practice/Educational supervisor, Line management and leadership and will also involve taking responsibility for a defined area of service delivery (frailty sub-acute lone off-site working).
The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities including dispensing-on-ward activity and working as an accredited checking Technician.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be registered as Pharmacy technician with GPhC
- BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- NVQ 3 in pharmacy services or equivalent GPhC Registration
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired though training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent level
- Knowledge of procedures and practices associated with working in a hospital pharmacy department
- Understand the importance around safe transfer of care around medicines and the impact of errors across the interface
Experience
Essential
- Hospital based experience
- Ward based, medicines management experience
- Management and leadership experience.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to solve problems
- Has proven ability to achieve results and good communication skills
- Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills and ability to negotiate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Must be registered as Pharmacy technician with GPhC
- BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- NVQ 3 in pharmacy services or equivalent GPhC Registration
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired though training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent level
- Knowledge of procedures and practices associated with working in a hospital pharmacy department
- Understand the importance around safe transfer of care around medicines and the impact of errors across the interface
Experience
Essential
- Hospital based experience
- Ward based, medicines management experience
- Management and leadership experience.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to solve problems
- Has proven ability to achieve results and good communication skills
- Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills and ability to negotiate
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Medway NHS Foundation Trust (Sheppey Community Hospital, Plover Rd, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LT)
Windmill Road
Gillingham
ME7 5NY
Employer's website
https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
