Pharmacy Technician - Norwich, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Personnel

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Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a locum vacancy for a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to work based in Norwich.

The pay rate for this permanent Pharmacy Technician job is £25,654 - £31,533 per annum


Requirements of the Pharmacy Technician:


  • GPHC Registration
  • Post graduate pharmacy experience

Duties:


  • To run medicine management on allocated wings
  • To undertake Continuing Professional Development in order to keep pharmaceutical clinical and technical knowledge current to ensure best practice and comply with requirements for entry on the Pharmacy Technician Register
  • Input and maintain data ensuring the Patient Medication Record is accurate and up to date
  • To answer queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups. Refer
- appropriate queries to the relevant member of the clinical team when necessary

  • To liaise with various members of the Pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients
  • To provide mentoring, induction and training of student technician's, preregistration pharmacists, summer placement and work experience students and any other relevant members of staff
  • To check expiry dates on stock items on a regular basis, as per SOP
  • To reissue returned drugs in accordance with local procedures
  • Weekly CD reconciliation
  • Fridge and room temperature done on a daily basis
  • To participate in appropriate training schemes for pharmaceutical staff
  • To keep relevant pharmaceutical clinical and technical knowledge up to date
  • Maintain an up to date knowledge of developments in local/national guidance in order to
- maintain/deliver high quality services to the Prison

  • Ensure that any incidents are reported on the incident reporting system promptly and leading the investigation of medication related incidents at HMP Norwich including report writing and trends analysis
  • Maintain a clean and tidy working environment for the dispensing process
  • Support daily orders and preparation of any associated paperwork
  • Maintain computer files for prisoner information and dispensary computer operations
  • Maintain high levels of safety and security and be constantly vigilant
  • Ensure that pharmaceuticals are transported around the prison in a manner which maintains the integrity and security of the medicines whilst adhering to necessary safety precautions
  • Advise selected patients regarding their medication and other relevant pharmaceutical issues adjusting the level of advice as appropriate to overcome barriers to understanding (e.g. hard of hearing, conveying complex information in an easily understandableform

Contact:


With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.


Reasonable Adjustments:


If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughoutthe process and into your work placement.

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