Pharmacy Technician (Ward Based Medicines Management)
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Are you looking for a rewarding new opportunity as a ward-based Medicine Management Technician? We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacy technicians or from those who are due to qualify and register as a pharmacy technician shortly.
At UHDB (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton) we provide great opportunities for flexible working, a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and career development. We are looking for passionate and motivated Pharmacy Technicians to join our well-established, friendly and dynamic ward-based Medicine Management Technicians at UHDB.
The Medicine Management technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists and other members of the wider multi-disciplinary team. The successful applicants will rotate around the different specialty wards at the Royal Derby Hospital, including Oncology, Medicine, T&O, Surgery, Admissions, and the Rehabilitation wards at the Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, allowing the applicant to gain a wealth of experience and knowledge.
Previous experience of working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community setting is preferred but not essential.
Main duties of the job
The Medicine Management Technicians will provide a ward-based Medicine Management and Optimisation Service, including medicine reconciliation, patient counselling, and ensuring the quality, safety, and timely supply of discharge prescriptions.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Ensuring the quality, accuracy, and safety of prescribing in exciting clinical areas.
* Supporting the MDT, including pharmacists, doctors, and nursing staff.
* Obtaining detailed and accurate medication histories from multiple sources and reconciling them with the inpatient prescription, communicating any discrepancies.
* Communicating detailed information to patients & carers about drug doses, indications, side effects, and efficacy.
* Liaising widely (e.g., CCG or GP staff, patients, carers, etc.) to ensure the timely availability of patient medication.
* Reviewing inpatient and discharge prescriptions to ensure appropriate prescribing and availability of medicines.
* Assessing patients' own drugs for suitability for use in the Trust.
* Promoting the use of Trust and national clinical guidelines and optimising patient medication.
* Helping support quality, safety, and timeliness of discharge and facilitating effective communication of medication around admissions and discharges.
* Providing a safe and efficient supply of pharmaceutical products to patients, which may involve dispensing and final checking (ACT) of drug products and compliance aids.
Closing date of applications: 9 January 2025
Interview date: 23 January 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return, we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, and car schemes.
Key Facts:
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB; this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Registered Pharmacy Technician or due to qualify shortly.
Experience
* Similar acute setting experience.
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.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr