Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - Paediatric Intensive Care and Surgical Services

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge to develop your career in a Paediatric NHS hospital setting pharmacy setting.

Working as part of the Paediatric Intensive Care team at the Evelina London Children's Hospital Pharmacy. You will play a role in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to this group of Paediatric patients. Working in a structured environment, alongside providing support to the wider team to meet key directorate targets.

If you are seeking to expand your clinical skills and help to improve patient satisfaction and make a difference then this is your ideal job.

The post offers a chance to contribute to the continued development of pharmacy services within the children's hospital.

Closing date: 2nd May 2024 at midnight

Interview date: 8th May 2024

If applying, please make sure you are available to attend in person for an interview on this date as alternative dates cannot usually be offered.

The post is suitable for patient-focused technician with good interpersonal skills who are sensitive to the needs of the patients and their carers.

You would require excellent communication and team working skills. Able to work independently and be flexible to adapt to the changing service demands meeting any set deadlines.

The role is embedded in the ward teams by supporting our nursing/medical and pharmacy teams to resolve any medicines management issues.

You will be responsible for providing a safe, efficient and accurate ward-based pharmacy service for hospital inpatients by liaising closely with pharmacists, nursing and medical staff on wards.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation

The Pharmacy departments of Guys and St Thomas' provide safe and effective pharmaceutical ward and dispensary services to the many inpatients and outpatients of the Trust's many specialities

Our intensive care unit (known as PICU) cares for critically ill children, and provides support to their families.

We're the lead centre for critically ill children for the south Thames region and provide a wide range of services and clinical expertise.

We're also a busy cardiac unit, providing all types of heart surgery (except heart and lung transplants) and a cardiorespiratory centre

The post holder must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the Trust values, within which we carry out our roles:
Put patients first - consider the patient's needs and wishes in all that they do

Take pride in what they do - strive for highest standards on own work and challenge colleagues to do the same

Respect others - patients, visitors and colleagues. Actively give and receive feedback

Strive to be the best - in terms of patient care & teamwork

Act with integrity - maintain the privacy & dignity of patients, work with integrity and be trustworthy, be accountable for own work

Operational

Provide a pharmaceutical Medicines Management service to patients

This includes:
Record accurate written medication reconciliations for newly admitted and transferred patients.

Assessing Patients own Drugs for suitability for use in the Trust.

Communicating detailed information to patients/carers about drug doses, indications, side effects and efficacy.

Liaising widely (e.g. GP staff, patients, carers etc.) to ensure the timely availability of patients medication.

Reviewing and ordering patient specific medication for new and repeat items to ensure timely and cost-effective supplies using the departments MMP system.

Reviewing MMP medications, ordering and dispensing TTO prescriptions to ensure availability of stock to ensure timely supply for patient discharge.

Ensure all relevant medicines are transferred with the patient throughout their journey, to minimise wastage including aseptic products.

Final check of clinically screened discharge medicines against the TTO before release to the patient.

Participate in the dispensing and checking of controlled drugs. Ensuring appropriate storage, accuracy and record keeping is followed.

Participating in the three monthly CD stock checks and safe and secure storage audits.

Provide a safe and efficient supply of pharmaceutical products to patients

This may involve the:
Dispensing and final checking of drug products and compliance aids after screening by Pharmacist.

Working in the dispensary on a session basis, ensuring that good dispensing practices are followed.

Ensure that procedures relating to good dispensing practice are followed, and encourage and maintain high standards and orderly methods of working.

Assist in the delivery of all a