Bank Pharmacy Technician Band 5

4 weeks ago

Stanmore, United Kingdom Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Bank Pharmacy Technician Band 5 - 35 hours per week

Must be Pharmacy Technician Registered (GPHC)

Hospital Experience Essential

Salary range - £ per hour all inclusive

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) takes great pride in providing safe, compassionate, high-quality care to all our patients. We are equally passionate about making the RNOH a great place to work for all our staff. As part of our ambition to continuously improve the Trust for our staff, our patients and the communities we serve, we created a set of values that define how we will act with each other and our patients.

Our values are extremely important to the way we work together and we expect everyone at the RNOH, including team members, bank and agency staff, contractors, visitors on honorary contracts, students and volunteers to share and uphold these values. Each value is underpinned by behavioural standards and all staff are expected to role model these behaviours at all times.

The role is for a bank band 5 medicine management technician. The hours are 9-5pm including late shifts and weekends as per rota.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Have experience of working in a hospital pharmacy post qualification.

Provide a high quality patient focused medicine optimisation service, helping to provide a flexible and responsive service to patient needs.

Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient focused care to patients and ensure a timely supply of medicines, utilisation of patients' own medicines and counselling on medication.

Participate in medicines management, ward top-up dispensary and ward-based dispensing.

About us

Medicines Optimisation Service Provision

To be responsible for the provision of a high quality patient focused medicinesoptimisation service to patients of the Trust, associated hospitals andcommunity clinics.

To facilitate the provision of medicines to patients to assist in their timelydischarge.

To carry out audit and project work.

To check patients' own medicines for suitability of reuse and highlight anyshortfalls or queries with the patients prescribed/ not prescribed medicationsto the ward pharmacist.

To be responsible for gaining medication histories telephoning GPs whenappropriate.

To support the dispensary in the timely dispensing of discharge medication.

To counsel patients as identified according to procedures and ensure that alldischarge medicines are current.

To assist in the training of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and nurses inthe one-stop dispensing and self-administration system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

2. Discharge Service Provision

To be responsible for the provision of a high quality patient focused dischargeservice to patients of the Trust and help ensure that service provision isflexible and responsive to patient needs.

To provide advice on the technical aspects of the service.

To facilitate the provision of medicines to patients, to assist in their timelydischarge.

To check patients own medicines and those dispensed ready for discharge fortheir suitability for supply at discharge and highlight any shortfalls or querieswith the patients prescribed/ not prescribed medications and the dischargeprescription to the ward pharmacist.

To support the dispensary in the timely dispensing and supply of discharge medication.

To counsel patients as identified according to procedures and ensure that alldischarge medicines are current.

3. General Service Provision

To provide a high quality, patient focused pharmaceutical service to inpatients,out-patients, discharge patients, community clinics, and outlyingnursing homes if needed.

To work in the dispensary to assist in the medicines optimisation process andas part of the weekend/late duty rota.

To work as an ACT in the dispensary, and if required at a ward level.

To demonstrate patient focused approach including optimisation of patients knowledge of their medicines.

To communicate with patients and health care professionals.

To input prescription information in the pharmacy computer system for dispensing and supply of medicines to patients.

To collect and handle prescription monies according to Government and Trustpolicy.

To have a working knowledge of pharmacy stock control and ordering systems.

To have a working knowledge of all procedures, legislation or nationalguidelines relating to the storage and dispensing of unlicensed medicinalproducts, controlled medicines, oral chemotherapy and clinical trials.

To be working as an ACPT (accredited pharmacy checking technician) adhering to the minimum 8 hours per month.

When practicing as an ACPT, to work within defined boundaries as set out inthe Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures and Medicines Policies.

It is highly recommended for ACPT to have professional indemnity cover.

4. Education and Training

To participate in education and training of other healthcare professionals.

To participate in education and training schemes and meetings organisedwithin the department.

General Responsibilities

To participate in all relevant departmental meetings and contribute to

effective communication within the department.

To undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested bythe Chief Pharmacist.

To be aware of and apply, relevant legislation such as the Health and Safety at

Work Act, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, GMP and MedicinesAct.

To at all times practice in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the GeneralPharmaceutical Council.

To uphold the security of medicines and the premises at all times.

To take part in the weekend and bank holiday service according to rota.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults At Risk

Employees have a responsibility to ensure that prompt and appropriate action is taken

when concerns have been made about a child, young person or adults at risk. The Trust will assist you by providing mandatory training, support and advice.

IT Skills -All staff are required to demonstrate a level of IT literacy skills appropriate to their job, as it is fundamental in delivering good quality efficient health care.

Have good IT knowledge and training experience on Pharmacy systems

Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients To support all pharmacists (including pre-registration trainees) in the provision of the service, and if qualified to do so, practice as an ACPT. To help audit the service against set standards and assist in the review of service provision. To ensure the safe use of patients own medicines to optimise cost efficiency. To ensure the safe storage of medications stored in patients lockable cabinets. To participate in financial evaluation of medicines and expenditure reporting. To provide specialist pharmacy technical input into the electronic prescribing and medicines administration system (ePMA), contributing towards both operational and strategic developmentThrough provision of an effective Pharmacy service, this post will;

Terms and Conditions of Service

This appointment is subject to the terms and conditions of employment of the Royal

National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

Professional conduct

The post holder must comply with the Code of Professional Conduct applicable to theirprofession.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BTEC or NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Accredited Checking Technician

Expereince

Essential

Previous Hospital Experience Technician top up service

Skills

Essential

Good communication and Interpersonal skills Computer literate Good organisational skills Ability to prioritise work Ability to assess and deal with situations.

Desirable

Patient counselling skills

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