Pharmacy Technician – Hepatology and the Eastern Liver Network
Band 5
Main area: Division B-Pharmacy
Grade: Band 5
Contract: 17 months (Fixed Term/Secondment ends 31 March 2026)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
Job ref: 180-B-244315
Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 p.a. pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 03/12/2024
Job overview
An opportunity is available for a motivated and adaptable Pharmacy Technician to join the hepatology pharmacy team at Addenbrookes Hospital. You must be able to work as part of the Pharmacy, and wider multi-disciplinary team, to deliver excellent pharmaceutical care and services to our patients.
You will provide a clinical service to both inpatient and outpatient hepatology patients and support the Eastern Liver Network in initiatives to eliminate Hepatitis C.
Our team
You will join a friendly and established team of hepatology specialist practitioners that are driven to find and eliminate hepatitis C across the East of England.
The Department of Pharmacy at CUH is ambitious and forward-thinking, striving to ensure that the patient is always at the heart of everything we do. We are a large department with nearly 300 staff comprising of approximately 100 pharmacists and 70 pharmacy technicians. We have a dedicated Education and Training team to support the learning and development of all our employees.
Main duties of the job
* To improve the quality of care to patients in clinical & ward areas by means of an efficient medicines management system. This will include facilitating the provision of outpatient medication to patients treated for viral hepatitis and following up the outcome of treatment.
* To support the Lead Pharmacist for the Eastern Liver Network in delivering elimination of hepatitis C in the East of England through centrally funded initiatives.
* To support the Lead Pharmacist for the Eastern Liver network in delivering care to patients with viral hepatitis.
* To support the Associate Chief Pharmacist – Clinical Pharmacy Services, Chief Pharmacy Technician and Principal Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services in the delivery of the departmental medicines management strategy.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds, the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note: Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 25th November 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on 3rd December 2024.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science or CGLI/Apoth Hall pre 1985 certificates or equivalent.
* Registered with the GPhC.
* Member of APTUK.
* Post registration qualification in Pharmaceutical medicines Management and/or patient consultation skills e.g. Certificate In Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians; Patient Counselling skills or equivalent.
* Medicines management accreditation (National Framework /or in-house recognised equivalent confirmed at interview).
* Medicines reconciliation accreditation (National Framework /or in-house recognised equivalent confirmed at interview).
* IT accreditation or qualification.
Experience
* Recent post-qualification pharmacy experience within a hospital ward or dispensary setting, a community pharmacy or GP practice.
* Experience of medication history taking and medicines reconciliation.
* Knowledge and experience of audit methodology.
* Experience of providing medication counselling to patients.
* Experience of using an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.
Knowledge
* Clinical and information governance guidelines.
* Formulary management and application.
* Awareness of NICE, NLRS, MRHA/CSM and involved in implementation of relevant guidance.
* Current legislation regarding Controlled Drugs.
* Current policies and legislation regarding safe and secure storage of medicines.
Skills
* Good communication skills (verbal and written).
* Basic computer literacy.
* Good organisational skills; self and others.
* Proven ability to meet objectives and targets.
* Ability to respond to change and apply and facilitate new developments without difficulty.
* Resilient and able to cope under pressure.
* Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with others.
* Ability to work flexible and unsocial hours (e.g. on rota weekends/public holidays; late dispensary duties etc.).
* Receptive to priorities of patients, carers and other staff groups.
* Good oral and written presentation skills.
* Motivated/self-disciplined.
* Literacy in using Microsoft Excel, such as running formulas, building PivotTables, using conditional formatting, data validation and producing meaningful charts for analysis.
Additional
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Leslie Wong
Job title: Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
Email address: leslie.wong1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01223 217611
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