Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician (Band 5) - Pharmacy - Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust – Northampton, Northamptonshire
The role of Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician has significantly expanded over the past few years, largely due to the success of our Dedicated Ward Pharmacy (DWP) service. Our Pharmacy Technicians are now taking on more clinical duties and responsibilities, and we are also extending our services into new areas such as Theatres, Critical Care, Emergency Department, Oncology, Maternity, and Paediatrics.
We are a highly supportive and motivated team, always striving to provide the best possible care for our patients. Our Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians regularly attend conferences and exhibitions. We strongly encourage our team to enrol on courses to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Many of our Pharmacy Technicians have been with us for over 10 years, which we believe is a true testament to our team. If you are a newly qualified Pharmacy Technician or currently working in a different sector and looking for a new challenge with direct patient contact, this role could be perfect for you. We offer a band 4-5 development programme to help you grow into the role and the environment.
To be an integral part of the Clinical Pharmacy Service, utilising technical and clinical skills when trained and competent to provide safe, effective medicines optimisation of patient care.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Be responsible for the provision of the technical pharmacy services to assigned wards, including daily visits, medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients’ own medicines, counselling patients, preparing for patients discharge, ensuring medication is available on the wards, and supporting wards with medicines management.
2. Assist Advanced/Principal Pharmacy Technicians/Pharmacists to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients.
3. Assist in the provision of ward-based activities.
4. Utilise technical and pharmaceutical skills to ensure control, security, quality and value for money of medicines.
5. Assist in Directorate responsibilities, including audit and projects.
6. Support the wards/areas with medicines management in line with trust policies.
7. Train pharmacy and other staff, acting as a role model for all trainees.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
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