Job summary
Are you a Pharmacy Technician who is passionate about delivering high quality medicines optimisation services? If so, ELFT are looking for a forward-thinking, enthusiastic and knowledgeable Technician to join our team.
The main purpose of this role is to work closely with the Clinical Lead to ensure that medicines management technicians and other technical staff contribute fully to medicines management activities, work to appropriate clinical standards and develop the service in line with local and national strategies and standards.
This particular post is based in Luton and Bedfordshire. There may be a need to provide cover to other areas and this will be discussed in advance whenever possible.
This Post is open to GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technicians only.
Main duties of the job
To assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general dispensary and distribution activities including ward based top ups.
To assist the technical and professional staff in the day-to-day running of the Department
- Co-ordinates and maintains medication supply to the wards and teams.
- Assesses identified patient's individual pharmaceutical care needs within 72 hours of identification
- Initiates and completes a Medicines Management Care Plan for each identified patient
- Is a key member of the Multidisciplinary Team, participating in weekly team meetings in order to maximize patients potential for independent medicines management
- Ensures all documentation in regard to Medications Management on the unit is completed accurately
- To participate in dispensary duties
- To maintain Accredited Checking Technician (ACT)
- To manage the Technicians and be responsible for the training and development of student technicians.
- To prepare discharge medication (TTAs) in a timely and efficient manner
- To communicate discharge information to Community Pharmacies and GPs
About us
East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), Our dynamic and creative Trust pharmacy team provides pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Newham, Luton & Bedfordshire, City & Hackney and Tower Hamlets. These include children and young people to adults of working age, older adults, perinatal, learning disabilities, community health services and forensic patients. We provide a broad range of clinical pharmacy services to our inpatient wards and are supported by trained medicines management technicians.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ELFT pharmacy service employs approximately 90 staff. There is one technician-led dispensaries in the Trust (in London), and clinical pharmacy teams embedded in the locality ward/community team bases. In this post you will join other pharmacists and medicines management technicians to form a dynamic and creative pharmacy team which will provide pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedfordshire. You will provide support to the medicines management technicians; provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and community mental health teams. You will be working closely with the clinical lead pharmacist in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives. You will also work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in Luton and Bedfordshire
Please read the full job description, person specification for the role to ensure you meet the essential criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ELFT pharmacy service employs approximately 90 staff. There is one technician-led dispensaries in the Trust (in London), and clinical pharmacy teams embedded in the locality ward/community team bases. In this post you will join other pharmacists and medicines management technicians to form a dynamic and creative pharmacy team which will provide pharmacy services to a wide range of community and inpatient service users in Luton and Bedfordshire. You will provide support to the medicines management technicians; provide a clinical pharmacy service to inpatient wards and community mental health teams. You will be working closely with the clinical lead pharmacist in undertaking and developing audits and projects to evaluate and improve services alongside pharmacy and trust priorities and objectives. You will also work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a safe and effective service to mental health patients in Luton and Bedfordshire
Please read the full job description, person specification for the role to ensure you meet the essential criteria.
Person Specification
Educational/ Qualification
Essential
- BTEC/ City & Guilds/NVQ3 pharmacy or equivalent
- Accredited MMT technician
- Regional Accreditation for Checking dispensed items (ACT accreditation)
- Educational Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Experience in hospital pharmacy post qualification
- Success in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
- Management experience
- Working within a multidisciplinary team
- Implemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
- Experience in tutoring and training
- Drug history taking
- Ward based clinical work
- Previous experience of audit
Desirable
- Previous experience in providing clinical mental health services
- Producing reports
- Creating rota
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- Able to monitor, review and develop service standards
- Use of Microsoft Excel/Word to intermediate level Able
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Numerate - able to perform simple calculations
- Ability to work carefully with attention to detail
- Ability to work unsupervised in an organised manner
- Ability to plan work & meet targets
- Ideas of how ward services may develop over the next few years and the factors that may affect these developments
Desirable
- Awareness of the issues around quality and patient care
- Awareness of risk management issues
- Understanding the discharge process
- Use JAC/RIO
- Carrying out Quality improvement projects
Person Specification
Educational/ Qualification
Essential
- BTEC/ City & Guilds/NVQ3 pharmacy or equivalent
- Accredited MMT technician
- Regional Accreditation for Checking dispensed items (ACT accreditation)
- Educational Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Experience in hospital pharmacy post qualification
- Success in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
- Management experience
- Working within a multidisciplinary team
- Implemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
- Experience in tutoring and training
- Drug history taking
- Ward based clinical work
- Previous experience of audit
Desirable
- Previous experience in providing clinical mental health services
- Producing reports
- Creating rota
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- Able to monitor, review and develop service standards
- Use of Microsoft Excel/Word to intermediate level Able
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Numerate - able to perform simple calculations
- Ability to work carefully with attention to detail
- Ability to work unsupervised in an organised manner
- Ability to plan work & meet targets
- Ideas of how ward services may develop over the next few years and the factors that may affect these developments
Desirable
- Awareness of the issues around quality and patient care
- Awareness of risk management issues
- Understanding the discharge process
- Use JAC/RIO
- Carrying out Quality improvement projects
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).
