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    Pharmacy Technician - Warwick, United Kingdom - South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

    South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
    South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Warwick, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Job summary

    Calling all community-based & n ewly qualified Pharmacy Technicians

    We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive, innovative and friendly pharmacy team in the provision of excellent hospital pharmacy services.

    This post will be on interest to Pharmacy Technicians due to qualify this year or looking to take their first step into the hospital pharmacy sector.

    We offer rotation through a range of pharmacy service areas, including the clinical & technical ward service & dispensary services, and have a great track record of developing our team through our commitment to ongoing training and our comprehensive STEP programme (see Career Pathways attachment below).

    Successful candidates will hold current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC, or will be due to register this year. You will have a commitment to your continued professional development and the provision of an excellent standard of pharmacy service.

    Main duties of the job

    To carry out dispensing of drugs (including controlled drugs), medicated dressings, enteral feeds, in-patients and A&E prescriptions and clinical trial prescriptions.

    About us

    Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

    We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

    Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    To carry out dispensing of drugs (including controlled drugs), medicated dressings, enteral feeds, in-patients and A&E prescriptions and clinical trial perform a final accuracy check of dispensed items.

    To give routine clinical and pharmaceutical advice to healthcare staff if confident to do so and within the knowledge limitations of the grade.

    To counsel patients as appropriate in order to ensure the safe and effective use and storage of their medicines.

    To liaise with ward pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and ward staff in determining appropriate pharmaceuticals stock levels, for the production and updating of ward-stock lists and to assist in the provision of advice to ward staff on the storage and handling of pharmaceuticals.

    To check, maintain and replenish the out of hours drug cupboard and resuscitation cupboard.

    To participate in the topping-up service for wards/departments in the hospital and outside units as required.

    To participate in stock replenishment procedures in all areas of the pharmacy.

    To monitor the continued suitability of pharmaceutical stock on wards and in departments and to arrange the appropriate removal/destruction in accordance with environmental regulations.

    To monitor and record drug storage temperatures within the Pharmacy and on wards/departments during the top-up and to alert section managers of any discrepancies.

    Ensure the security of the pharmacy department and stores areas at all times during working hours and at the end of the working day by maintaining responsibility for keys and swipe access cards and by the setting of alarms as necessary.

    To carry out accurate entry of data into the Pharmacy computer system.

    To assist in the maintenance of the Controlled Drugs Register and to carry out regular stock level checks of Controlled Drugs in line with legal responsibilities.

    To carry out aseptic preparation following completion of the in-house aseptic training programme.

    To participate in the ward-based Medicines Management service when appropriate and under the supervision of a Medicines Management Technician.

    To undertake disposal of cytotoxic drug waste in accordance with COSHH regulations.

    To assist in the individual and group training of pharmacy assistants (ATOs),senior ATOs, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pre-Registration Pharmacist students.

    To assist section managers in the orientation, induction and training of pharmacy staff new to those sections, and to contribute to the training of the Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians.

    To contribute ideas for improving cost-effectiveness and to assist in their implementation where agreed.

    To participate in the weekend and Bank Holiday rota including handling of boxes of intravenous fluids and other bulk products.

    To process cash and cheque transactions for over the counter sales of medicines and for private prescriptions, as required.

    To undertake other duties at the base hospital and outside units as required by the Pharmacy Operations Lead, in accordance with this grade of post.Relationships:

    Managed by the section manager to which allocated.

    Supervises pharmacy assistants (ATOs) and senior ATOs in the section of work to which allocated.

    Works and co-operates with all pharmacy and healthcare staff in the provision of services

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • BTEC National certificate/NVQ level 3/City and Guilds or equivalent
  • Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Accreditation as an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)

    • Experience

    Desirable

  • Hospital Pharmacy experience
  • Aseptic services

    • Skills

    Essential

  • Basic computer skills
  • Good communication skills (written and oral)
  • Accurate dispensing skills
  • Accurate numeracy skills

    • Desirable

  • Knowledge of all rotational technician roles including dispensary and ward-based duties
  • Supervisory skills

    • Personal Qualities

    Essential

  • Enthusiastic
  • Motivated
  • Reliable
  • Team worker
  • Good personal presentation
  • Flexible
  • Able to use initiative
  • Able to deal with angry/upset/ill patients
  • Able to create a rapport

    • Other

    Essential

  • Able to participate in weekend & Bank holiday working
  • Committed to CPD
  • Physically fit and able to stand/sit for long periods
  • Good work attendance record
  • Good health record and fit to undertake the job

    • Desirable

  • Car driver with use of motorised transport Able to use a VDU Capable of occasional moderate lifting (<13kg)
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