Job Summary
The post holder will support the Pharmaceutical Service and the Medicines Management agenda in the UHB. They will be responsible for:
1. Assisting in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to the medical wards to ensure safe, therapeutic and cost-effective use of medications.
2. Ensuring patients are prioritised appropriately and high-risk patients are identified and referred to the appropriate member of the multi-disciplinary team or managed by the post holder.
3. Continuing the development of pharmacy services provided across the medical wards.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will support the Pharmaceutical Service and the Medicines Management agenda in the UHB. They will sit on the Medicines Management panel, assisting in the training and assessing of technicians, trainee pharmacists, and new pharmacists in the process of ward-based working, including medicines reconciliation and discharge process. In addition, they will support others in developing clinical prioritisation skills.
The post holder will dispense, undertake technical checks, and issue prescriptions, providing specialist advice and information on medicines to patients, relatives, carers, and nursing staff.
About Us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Demonstrable expertise and knowledge of dispensing and checking practices, to Pharmacy Degree Level or equivalent acquired through BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services.
* National Accreditation for Checking Pharmacy Technicians. Medicines Management accreditation.
* Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
* Good working knowledge of pharmacy procedures and practice.
* Current knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice.
* Basic knowledge of clinical pharmacy.
Desirable
* Management qualification.
* PWDS Qualification in Clinical Prioritisation or equivalent.
* Endorsing standards qualification or equivalent.
* BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
* Significant post qualification pharmacy experience including working as a Pharmacy Technician.
* Experience of training, mentoring, and assessing staff.
* Ability to know when to refer to a Pharmacist.
* Ability to manage the day-to-day provision of pharmacy service within an area.
Desirable
* Experience working within surgical wards.
* Experience of supervising/managing and organising ward-based medicines management technician teams.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Motivated.
* Able to prioritise, organise and reallocate daily tasks.
* Accurate and consistent in work application.
* Good physical skills for precise weighing and measuring.
* Able to train, mentor, supervise and assess others in dispensing and checking practices.
* Able to make decisions and solve problems.
* Demonstrated computer skills including word processing and accurate data entry.
* Good numeracy and literacy skills including calculations, percentages, decimals, and fractions.
* Ability to manage a team and work constructively with other disciplines.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
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