Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician
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Job summary
We have exciting opportunities for a number of Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technicians to join our amazing Pharmacy Team.
You will perform medicines reconciliation, patient counselling and preparation of patient medications for discharge. you will dispense and label prescriptions in our automated dispensary and this year we have exciting plans in place for the replacement of our robot and a dispensary refit.
The successful applicant will be a registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain and a fully qualified accuracy checker able to check dispensed prescriptions that have been clinically checked by a pharmacist in accordance with Trust procedures. They will be required to supervise trainee technicians, assistants and other support staff and you will be a role model to others.
Main duties of the job
To provide staff support, training, management and guidance under the direction of a senior member of staff.
Medicines Management:
- Patient counselling
- Medicine reconciliation
- Discharge medicines service
Dispensing, medicines supply and accuracy checking of:
- Stock medicines
- Inpatient and outpatient medicines
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its Be Safe Be EquiPPEd campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Details
Date posted
05 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£27,055 to £32,934 a year pa, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
412-DCSS-01124
Job locations
MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, LEIGHTON HOSPITAL
Middlewich Road
Crewe
CW1 4QJ
Employer details
Employer name
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, LEIGHTON HOSPITAL
Middlewich Road
Crewe
CW1 4QJ
Employer's website
https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Chief Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management
Sarah Quincey
01270612491
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