Apprentice Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centred medicines optimisation and technical services within Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Activities will include reconciling medicines, assessment of Patients own drugs, maintaining appropriate levels of stock control, ensuring cost effective use of medicines, timely and accurately labelling and dispensing medicines, providing advice in relation to safe and secure handling of medicines to patients and colleagues, counselling and educating patients/carers on their medicines, completing medicines related audits and deliver education and support to maximise patient's independence with medicines.

As this is a cross sector apprenticeship the post holder will spend approximately 12 weeks of each year working for Hull University Teaching Hospitals, where they will gain a wide range of skills and experiences, which will enhance their overall development.

Work towards the completion of the selected apprenticeship standard whilst working closely with the team to gain the required skills, knowledge and behaviours for the role.

The post holder will be required to participate in any medicines optimisation and safety initiatives within the directorate.

The post holder will need to be trained in DMI approved techniques (completion of 5-day course).

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will include -

• To assist with safe, appropriate, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines
• To facilitate an integrated provision of pharmaceutical care including prescribing, ordering, transport, preparation, administration, storage and disposal of medicines
• To monitor effective medicine stock control and storage on the unit by carrying out regular audits and providing advice to the unit and team on safe, secure and appropriate storage of medicines.
• To improve pharmaceutical care by piloting and introducing new systems for the use of medicines in appropriate settings.
• To ensure effective management of the pharmacy ordering system and stock control.
• To label and dispense non-stock medicines, medicines used for Self-administration and medicines for leave or discharge in line with the Trust process and procedures.
• Providing routine information and advice to patient/carers and colleagues in regard to safe and secure handling of medication
• To assist with discharge planning and ensure post discharge plans are in place.
• Accurately completing medicines reconciliation for patients following transfer of care.
• To ensure pharmaceutical wasteis handled safely and appropriately. Assisting with or arranging destruction, storage and collection)
• To plan and organise your workload
• Any other duties as reasonably required by the line manager. physical health equipment monitoring, phlebotomy, medicines administration and the Health Improvement Profile (HIP)

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

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