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    Medicine technician - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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    Following the exciting move into our New Hospital we are looking for a registered pharmacy technician with an accuracy checking certificate who is keen to realise their potential and who can make the most of the scope this post offers to deliver a patient centred approach to our service delivery

    You will play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum performance of the pharmacy service whilst working in the dispensary and medicine management teams

    Do you want to further your career in a fast paced teaching hospital?

    An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the medicines management pharmacy technician team at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites, where you will complete our in-house medicines management and medicines history taking training programmes


    We have full time (37.5 hours) band 5 Pharmacy Technician vacancies in our team working alongside pharmacists in a number of specialities including, A& E, Medical Admissions Unit, Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Respiratory, Renal and General Surgery for many years.

    You will work as part of the pharmacy team to help deliver a high standard of medicines optimisation to designated wards.

    You will be responsible for the delivery of safe and cost effective pharmaceutical care to newly admitted patients, as well as facilitating efficient discharge and transfer of patients.

    We are open every day of the year our rota's include weekends, bank holidays and late nights.

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


    The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

    The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

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    P.s, nursing homes and ward staff, assessing patient concordance and providing counselling and education where necessary.

    3)To provide a topping up service on wards for individual patient drug supplies under the direction of the Dispensary Manager or Senior Technicians and in accordance with procedures.

    4) To support the clinical pharmacists on POD wards in the provision of complete pharmaceutical care for patients.

    5) To liaise with GPs, nursing homes, doctors, ward staff and other healthcare professionals to provide complete pharmaceutical care for patients.

    6) To interpret medical notes and test results, identify pharmaceutical and clinical problems and refer to the appropriate medical staff or clinical pharmacist.

    7) To counsel and educate patients and carers on the correct use of their medication and assess their understanding of the medicines prescribed.

    11) To develop, implement and manage a training package for technical staff in the systems used on POD wards and to assess, train and supervise other technical staff in the systems used on POD wards to ensure optimal and continuous service, adherence to procedures and safe systems of work and expansion of systems to other areas of the Trust.

    12) To consult with ward managers and train nursing staff in the systems used on POD wards and provide pharmaceutical information and advice, and be prepared to give lectures on pharmaceutical topics to other healthcare professionals and patients where appropriate.

    13) To carry out audit projects independently and in conjunction with other pharmacy staff to improve and develop service provision and to contribute to the review of existing systems and implementation of new procedural guidelines.

    14) To co-ordinate and participate in the provision of a patient counselling course for technical staff and to assist with the education and training of all members of staff, other healthcare professionals and patients.

    16) To assist in the provision of directorate financial information and analysis and the implementation of directorate service quality and cost improvement initiatives.

    17) To attend any meetings relevant to the role and appropriate training courses for technicians, to encourage other staff to undertake further training and to

    participate in such training schemes necessary to keep relevant pharmaceutical and clinical technical knowledge up to date.

    20) To liaise and provide support for the Senior Technician Team in the management of ward service activities.

    21) To act as a role model for student technicians and other members of technical and support staff and provide mentoring, assessing, induction and training of student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists, dispensing assistants and any other relevant members of the pharmacy team

    22) To undertake Continuing Professional Development in order to keep pharmaceutical knowledge current, ensure best practice and comply with requirements for entry on the pharmacy technician register.

    24) To co-operate in staff rotation within the pharmacy departments of the Trust including all dispensaries, the aseptic department and out patients and to participate in Saturday, Sunday, Bank holiday and late night duties as is considered appropriate by the Chief Pharmacist or other senior manager.

    25) To observe the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements and to assist in ensuring that work carried out in the department is in accordance with these and any other recommendations which may be issued from time to time by the Department of Health or Medicines Inspectorate.

    26) To observe the regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Data Protection Act.

    27) To co-operate in the operation and development of computerised systems of stock control and medical speciality costing and to assist in maintaining reasonable stock levels, in accordance with the policies that are in force.


    28) To assist in maintaining reasonable stock levels, in accordance with the policies that are in force, in the section of the pharmacy in which (s)he is currently employed and to assist in ensuring correct storage and turnover of stock to maintain quality and potency.

    29) To answer telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups, either in the pharmacy or on the ward, and refer appropriate queries to the relevant member of the pharmacy team when necessary.

    To participate in pharmacy and ward based stock audits under the direction of the Senior Technicians.


    33) To participate in pharmacy objectives set by the Trust, the National Patient Safety Agency, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Department of Health (including the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency) and others to meet clinical governance targets, develop patient care, improve clinical outcomes and ensure compliance with all standards expected for hospital pharmacy services and interface between primary and secondary care.

    34) To provide accurate record keeping of controlled drugs kept in pharmacy including supplies to wards and departments, orders received into the pharmacy and regular audits of the accuracy of computer and paper records.

    35) To dispense clinical trials in accordance with the dispensing protocol, ICH GCP guidelines and European Directive under the direction of the clinical trials technician/pharmacist.

    38) To support equality and diversity.

    NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with appropriate underpinning knowledge
    Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

    Significant experience with the Electronic Medicines Management systems, including file maintenance, standard and ad-hoc reporting
    Demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience

    Good time management skills
    Computer literate
    Flexible

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool University Hospital


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