Rotational Pharmacy Technician - Maternity Cover
24 hours/week over 3 days (can be flexible)
We have an exciting opportunity for a Rotational Pharmacy Technician to cover maternity leave in our Pharmacy team. The role focuses on medicines reconciliation, stock management and providing medication information and support to our nursing and medical staff, as well as to our service users and carers. Our aim is to support the best treatment outcomes, by working as a part of the multidisciplinary teams across the organisation. We are looking for a highly motivated, GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to join our team as a maternity cover. Dispensers are also welcome to apply! Experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician or a dispenser is desirable, although applications from qualified pharmacy technicians working within the community sector are welcome.
Main duties of the job
1. Undertake a range of pharmaceutical activities in relation to the ordering, procurement and supply of medicines and provide a point of contact for resolution of stock discrepancies, and urgent/emergency orders.
2. Facilitate provision of pharmaceutical care including ordering, transport, preparation, administration, storage, and disposal of medicines.
3. Ensure effective medicine stock control and storage on the unit.
4. Provide advice to the unit and team on safe, secure, and appropriate storage of medicines in line with the Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines Procedures.
5. Ensure pharmaceutical waste is handled safely and appropriately, assisting with or arranging destruction, storage, and collection.
6. Provide technical information to prescribers and advise on drug doses, forms, and use.
7. Assess and cascade any pharmaceutical alerts and recalls.
8. Carry out pharmacy audits including controlled drug audits, clinic room audits and temperature audits.
About us
Hello! We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond. The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.
We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list. As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.
Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it. We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference. Come and Join us!
Please note: Whilst we value all applications, if we believe an application to be AI-generated, we will use a checking tool and may reject any application that has been automatically generated.
Should you require any assistance in completing this application due to a disability or other needs please contact navigo.recruitment@nhs.net
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this role will be to ensure safe medicines management across our organisation and partnering hospital and a hospice. The successful candidate will focus on medicines reconciliation, ordering stock and service user own medications, including TTOs. They will oversee destruction of medicines and work closely with other professionals to reduce waste and optimise treatment options. They will also be completing a range of audits to ensure the medicines management standards are met across the board.
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents. Navigo has rolled out electronic prescribing for inpatients across all specialities on all sites. We have a fully electronic patient record.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Pharmacy NVQ course level 2 or above
* Pharmacy NVQ level 3
* GPhC registration
* BTEC
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, UK.
Experience
* Experience in handling medicines.
* Experience of providing patient information.
* Experience in working in a mental health hospital pharmacy environment or similar.
Skills & Attributes
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Good organisation skills.
* Ability to identify and manage risk.
* Ability to manage, organise and prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
* Ability to maintain quality standards of work, including when under pressure.
* Ability to identify skills/knowledge requiring development and take action to address these.
* Change agent and supportive approach to change.
* Ability to work alone, make reasonable decisions autonomously and equally able to work effectively as part of a team.
* Demonstrates an empathic and compassionate nature.
* Demonstrates and displays a sound understanding of professional boundaries.
* Professional manner, presentation and appearance.
* Self-motivated, enthusiastic and confident.
* Demonstrates psychiatric pharmaceutical knowledge and skills.
* Up to date knowledge of NHS and DHSC policies and publications relating to medicines.
Additional Criteria
* Car owner with current, full UK drivers licence.
* Satisfactory DBS clearance.
* Flexible approach to work and punctual.
* Willingness to work across all Navigo and Partnership sites.
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.
£24,071 to £29,114 a year band 3 or 4 depending on experience.
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
B9816-156-2
Job locations
Harrison House, Grimsby, DN32 9RP, Across all Navigo services & St Hugh's Hospital St Andrew's Hospital
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