Job summary
We are looking to recruit an outstanding Pharmacy Technician with a keen interest in mental health. You will be required to dispense medications for our service users in hospital and community, train to become part of our phlebotomy team, support our Clozapine clinic by running the POCHI machine to test patients' blood cell levels, counsel service users on their medication, and visit wards to replenish medicines.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for all essential and desirable criteria required for the role and for the other key tasks and responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
Provide high-quality technical support necessary for the dispensing of prescriptions including inpatient, outpatient and discharge medications and the distribution of medicines to the designated units of SHSC under the supervision of a senior technician and pharmacist.
- Medicines Reconciliation
- Medication counselling
- Supply medicines to units within SHPU and other designed units outside of the trust.
- To undertake accuracy checking of prescriptions.
- Participate in the provision of phlebotomy services, including training in operating the POCHI machine.
- Participate in supervision and peer review.
- Delivering training trust wide
- Contribute to the out of hours rota including early morning (start at 8am), late night (finish at 6pm), weekends and bank holidays.
- To support and cover for other staff members in other areas within the department.
- To complete all mandatory training as indicated by SHPU
About us
Become part of a vibrant team who are extremely passionate about staff engagement, culture, and improvement, where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.
Our friendly department provides an environment that supports learning, team working and encourages individuals to develop in their role.
We are looking to recruit to a band 4 or 5 dependent on experience (please see job description for full details) and will indicate on interview the band relevant to the experience indicated.
The Pharmacy Department is a forward thinking and progressive department seeking to expand our current team as we develop a patient focused and modern hospital pharmacy service to the Trust while constantly looking at ways to further improve our service.
We understand the importance of great team working and have strong links with other disciplines within and around the trust. The patient is at the Centre of all that we do, and we aim to provide a pharmacy service that has medicine Optimisation as key.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly or part time.
SHPU has EPMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administrations) throughout the trust In-patient sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following represent a broad outline of tasks the post holder will be expected to perform in achieving their key result areas. These are not intended as a fixed list of duties. The post holder will, under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist, Senior Pharmacist and Senior Technicians, perform whatever duties are reasonably necessary to achieve the job purpose and the overall safe provision of pharmacy services throughout the Trust:
The underlined are not essential for the Band 4 progressive role and training will be given once in post
- To work closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technicians, Lead Pharmacists and pharmacy team in providing a medicine management service to the wards
- To obtain accurate medicine reconciliations in a timely manner from service users/carers/care providers and identify and inform the pharmacist of any anomalies found. Document medicine reconciliation onto JAC and Insight
- To identify, assess and check suitability of patients own drugs for administration use while an inpatient and on discharge
- To highlight the need of any additional compliance aids and supply if necessary, to assist with medication compliance
- To liaise with GPs, community pharmacies and other primary care professionals to ensure safe use of medicines and continuity of care is maintained
- To participate in discharge planning with other multidisciplinary teams ensuring medications are prescribed efficiently
- To work on various wards/areas to provide pharmacy services including, assessing, checking and re-using patient own drugs, giving advice to staff and service users, providing information on local guidelines and policies and ensuring they remain up to date
- To engage and participate in discharge planning and dispensing of prescriptions in a timely manner to ensure medicines are available for the service user to take home and provide any medication counselling if needed
- To order any medicines required for service users and ward stocks
- To organise and participate in quarterly controlled drug checks at ward level and return any unused or expired drugs back to pharmacy following the relevant SOPs
- Assist in any relevant audits in accordance with clinical governance requirements
- Assist in training newly appointed medicine management technicians
- Participate in training of ward and development of ward staff on efficient systems of ordering, EPMA
- To regularly top up stocks to wards and complete regular checks
- To maintain and plan own CPD to maintain skills and knowledge required by GPHC
Other Duties
- Dispensing prescriptions e.g. inpatient, outpatient.
- To work as an accredited accuracy checking technician after obtaining the necessary competency training and qualification.
- To participate in efficient stock control and stock management systems
- To assist in the dispensary and cover for other staff members
- Participate in departmental systems of supervision and peer review
- Assist in the provision ofother routine supplies to external units
- To be able to order and support the procuring of medicines
- Participate in bank holiday, late night, early morning and weekend rotas as needed
- To deliver training presentations as part of a team to department and ward staff
- To respond to queries and information requests
- Undergo further training as necessary and attend regular progress reviews
- Participate in regular supervision
- Attend all mandatory training
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following represent a broad outline of tasks the post holder will be expected to perform in achieving their key result areas. These are not intended as a fixed list of duties. The post holder will, under the direction of the Chief Pharmacist, Senior Pharmacist and Senior Technicians, perform whatever duties are reasonably necessary to achieve the job purpose and the overall safe provision of pharmacy services throughout the Trust:
The underlined are not essential for the Band 4 progressive role and training will be given once in post
- To work closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technicians, Lead Pharmacists and pharmacy team in providing a medicine management service to the wards
- To obtain accurate medicine reconciliations in a timely manner from service users/carers/care providers and identify and inform the pharmacist of any anomalies found. Document medicine reconciliation onto JAC and Insight
- To identify, assess and check suitability of patients own drugs for administration use while an inpatient and on discharge
- To highlight the need of any additional compliance aids and supply if necessary, to assist with medication compliance
- To liaise with GPs, community pharmacies and other primary care professionals to ensure safe use of medicines and continuity of care is maintained
- To participate in discharge planning with other multidisciplinary teams ensuring medications are prescribed efficiently
- To work on various wards/areas to provide pharmacy services including, assessing, checking and re-using patient own drugs, giving advice to staff and service users, providing information on local guidelines and policies and ensuring they remain up to date
- To engage and participate in discharge planning and dispensing of prescriptions in a timely manner to ensure medicines are available for the service user to take home and provide any medication counselling if needed
- To order any medicines required for service users and ward stocks
- To organise and participate in quarterly controlled drug checks at ward level and return any unused or expired drugs back to pharmacy following the relevant SOPs
- Assist in any relevant audits in accordance with clinical governance requirements
- Assist in training newly appointed medicine management technicians
- Participate in training of ward and development of ward staff on efficient systems of ordering, EPMA
- To regularly top up stocks to wards and complete regular checks
- To maintain and plan own CPD to maintain skills and knowledge required by GPHC
Other Duties
- Dispensing prescriptions e.g. inpatient, outpatient.
- To work as an accredited accuracy checking technician after obtaining the necessary competency training and qualification.
- To participate in efficient stock control and stock management systems
- To assist in the dispensary and cover for other staff members
- Participate in departmental systems of supervision and peer review
- Assist in the provision ofother routine supplies to external units
- To be able to order and support the procuring of medicines
- Participate in bank holiday, late night, early morning and weekend rotas as needed
- To deliver training presentations as part of a team to department and ward staff
- To respond to queries and information requests
- Undergo further training as necessary and attend regular progress reviews
- Participate in regular supervision
- Attend all mandatory training
Person Specification
training and qualification
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician
- gphc qualification
- hospital experience
Desirable
- MMT qualification
- ACT qualification
- EPMA/CMM experience
Experience
Essential
- recent employment as pharmacy technician
- evidence of working in a MDT
- hospital experience
- working as an MMT
Desirable
- IT experience
- evidence of involvement in medicine management
knowledge and skills
Essential
- effective communication skills
- ability to work independently and as part of a MDT
- friendly and self motivated
- professional approach
- numerate and literate
- trustworthy and reliable
- good interpersonal skills
Driver
Essential
- Driver with access to a car
Person Specification
training and qualification
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician
- gphc qualification
- hospital experience
Desirable
- MMT qualification
- ACT qualification
- EPMA/CMM experience
Experience
Essential
- recent employment as pharmacy technician
- evidence of working in a MDT
- hospital experience
- working as an MMT
Desirable
- IT experience
- evidence of involvement in medicine management
knowledge and skills
Essential
- effective communication skills
- ability to work independently and as part of a MDT
- friendly and self motivated
- professional approach
- numerate and literate
- trustworthy and reliable
- good interpersonal skills
Driver
Essential
- Driver with access to a car
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).
