Specialist Cancer Services Pharmacy Technician, Band 5
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Our friendly and progressive department are looking for an enthusiastic registered pharmacy technician to join our specialist cancer services pharmacy team.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in the heart of a well-established clinical pharmacy team with a wide range of patients and healthcare professionals in a busy and expanding cancer centre.
The successful candidate will perform a wide range of duties at both ward and clinic level. Key duties include medicines optimisation, patient counselling and the dispensing and accuracy checking of prescriptions.
You must be a registered pharmacy technician and ideally hold a nationally recognised Medicines Management qualification and a pharmacy technician checking accreditation.
Past experience in cancer services is helpful but not essential to the role as full training will be provided, based on your existing qualifications and future role requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to progress into extended pharmacy technician roles in a specialist area.
Provide additional weekend and bank holiday cover as per rota.
Main duties of the job
1. Supporting clinical pharmacy services to inpatient ward teams
2. Managing patient medication - non-stock or one stop supplies
3. Liaising with ward staff and prescribers for any issues relating to medication.
4. Educate patients on the use of their prescribed medication referring to a pharmacist for advice when necessary.
5. Encouraging compliance with national protocols, and local guidelines and formularies.
6. Maintaining appropriate clinical documentation and records, including controlled drug audits and stock control checks.
7. Participating with pharmacists, technicians and assistant technical officers to ensure a smooth, efficient and co-ordinated overall service.
8. Supporting clinical service to outpatient Cancer Services team.
9. Perform medication histories for SACT patients and record on patients Chemocare electronic notes.
10. Deal with homecare delivery queries from providers of delivery service and patients.
11. Pre-screen homecare prescriptions in preparation for pharmacists full-screen - full training will be given.
12. Build and update treatment regimens on the electronic prescribing software Chemocare - full training will be given.
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. The trust is spread across two large sites, both situated close to the town centre. Gloucestershire is a great place to live, boasting many areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well as excellent travel links to the rest of the country.
We are a friendly team based in the heart of the cancer centre at Cheltenham General Hospital, providing a pharmacy service across both sites for oncology and haematology patients including a satellite dispensing pharmacy.
We are committed to continual professional development and support audit and quality improvement projects.
Job responsibilities
1. The post holder will support the satellite cancer services dispensary and the ward based clinical pharmacy service at GHNHSFT.
2. To ensure the provision of high-quality patient focused pharmaceutical care.
3. To perform a wide range of duties in the pharmacy department including accuracy checking of prescriptions using their ACT qualification.
4. To perform a wide range of activities at ward level including but not limited to medicines optimisation, medicines reconciliation and discharge facilitation using the MMT/MOT qualification.
5. To participate in oral SACT patient counselling sessions; full training will be provided.
6. To take on responsibility for personal development and support the development and supervision of others.
7. Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to less experienced and new staff at all times.
8. Be committed to weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis.
9. Consideration will be given to candidates who may not have ACT and/or MMT/MOT qualifications already in place, with agreements made on a development plan to achieve the required qualification.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
1. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
2. Evidence of continuing professional development to comply with GPhC requirements.
3. BTEC / NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent.
4. Accredited checking technician (ACT) qualification with experience & competence.
5. Medicines management / optimisation (MMT / MOT) Qualification with experience & competence.
6. Able to work alone and unsupervised where needed.
7. Ability to organise and prioritise workload including dealing with interruptions.
8. Effective oral and written communication with colleagues, nursing and medical staff and patients / service users.
9. Intermediate competence in standard range of IT programs.
10. Daily manipulation of materials for the accurate dispensing of prescriptions including preparing aids and demonstrating devices to help patients manage their medicines at home.
11. Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (registration number required)
* Accredited Medicines Optimisation qualification or willing to work towards accreditation
* Accredited Checking qualification or willing to work towards accreditation
Experience
* Managing own workloads to meet the needs of the service
* Knowledge of dispensary procedures acquired through training and experience
* Provide evidence of Continuing Professional Development to comply with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) requirements
* Working in a busy dispensary
* Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy / Oncology setting
Knowledge / Skills
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
* Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and undertake instruction
* Proficient in the use of a wide range of standard IT programmes including MS Word, Excel and Outlook
* Adaptable to the changing needs of the service and capable of working in a demanding environment with frequent interruptions
* Proficient in the uses of the electronic prescribing and pharmacy systems - EPR and EMIS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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