Pharmacy Technician

4 days ago

Bury, Borough of Bury, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced pharmacy technician to join our mental health pharmacy team at Tameside General Hospital. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective management of medicines for our patients.

Main Duties
  • Participate in the development of medicines management activities at ward level, including medication history taking and reconciliation.
  • Coordinate the supply of medication to ensure good medicines management practices.
  • Act as a key member of the multidisciplinary ward team and the wider pharmacy team, providing medicines management advice to healthcare professionals and patients/carers.
  • Participate in local and national audits and provide information as required.
Working for Our Organisation

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is a diverse provider of NHS mental and learning disability services in Greater Manchester. Our mental health pharmacy team in Tameside is small and friendly, and we are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
  • Undertake and participate in medicines reconciliation on admission.
  • Assist in the development of and undertake ward-based dispensing duties.
  • Undertake required audit work on a monthly basis.
  • Support staff around medication error incidents and ways to improve accurate medicine administration.
  • Act as an accredited technician checker.
  • Carry out three-monthly controlled drug (CD) checks.
  • Contribute to the development and review of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Support the in-house investigation and resolution of medicines management-related incidents.
Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationEssential Criteria
  • BTEC Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences/NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
  • Registered with the GPhC/proof of application in process.
  • Accuracy checking accreditation.
ExperienceEssential Criteria
  • Substantial experience as a qualified technician in hospital pharmacy.
  • Substantial experience of dispensary and ward-based services.
  • Experience of implementing change and new developments.
  • Experience of developing guidelines/protocols/SOPs.
  • Experience of training healthcare professionals/unqualified staff.
  • Experience of audit.
KnowledgeEssential Criteria
  • Knowledge of dispensary and patient services.
  • Good presentation skills (verbal and written).
  • Good technical pharmaceutical knowledge.
  • Good clinical pharmaceutical knowledge.
Desirable Criteria
  • Good IT skills (including word processing and spreadsheets).
Skills and AbilitiesEssential Criteria
  • Self-motivated.
  • Data analysis.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work as a team member and independently.
  • Ability to work with multidisciplinary, multi-agency groups.
  • Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought.

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