Main area: Pharmacy
Grade Band: 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes late shift working pattern and weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref: 213-CAY-6846804
Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Royal University Hospital
Town: Orpington
Salary: £31,081 - £33,665 per annum, including HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/12/2024 23:59
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to join our small and friendly team at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington Kent as a rotational Band 4 Pharmacy Technician. We are looking for individuals who are either qualified pharmacy technicians (registered with the GPhC) or who are currently completing their qualification and expect to be registered with the GPhC within the next 6 months. We welcome applications from community technicians as full training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
The post involves rotating between Dispensary and Aseptic Services to gain practical experience and assist in the delivery of the service in each of the sections.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Deliver a customer focused service to all patients and adhere to the highest principles of customer service when dealing with patients, staff, and the public.
2. Promote pharmaceutical care for all patients.
3. Manage and support the safe, accurate, and timely supply of medicines to wards and clinics and other areas, as required.
4. Dispense drugs and prepare aseptically prepared products.
5. Check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions and become a validated volume checker in aseptics.
6. Provide patients with information on common drug doses and use.
7. Assess suitability of patients’ medicines on admission.
8. Provide appropriate and sufficient supplies of medication during admission.
9. Liaise with ward and pharmacy staff to facilitate the efficient transfer of medication when patients move wards.
10. Act as the pharmacy technical link between wards and pharmacy, maintaining patients own drugs and one stop dispensing systems.
11. Cover or participate in ward stock top ups as necessary.
12. Ensure the safe, effective and economical use of drugs for all patients in the Trust.
13. Implement new or revised policies and procedures that will have an impact within the Pharmacy Department.
14. Contribute to wider policies that have an impact within the Pharmacy Department and across the Trust.
15. Be pro-active in the regular review and update of Pharmacy policies and procedures.
16. Propose changes to working practices and dispensing techniques that will maximise the potential for efficiency and safety.
17. Participate in the training and supervision of staff working in the Pharmacy Department as part of their induction.
18. Support section heads in the development of the service to each area.
19. Work independently and follow departmental procedures and dispense medication accurately.
20. Use pharmacy computer systems correctly, enter data accurately from transcription sheets, prescriptions forms, and ensure that data is stored and archived appropriately in accordance with local and regionally agreed guidelines.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services plus accredited underpinning knowledge [BTEC National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent] or equivalent.
* Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification or working towards.
Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training.
* Knowledge of dispensary procedures acquired through training.
* Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
* Significant experience post registration relevant to hospital pharmacy practice.
Skills
* Ability to provide and receive complex information on medicines use, ward and dispensary services.
* Ability to communicate information to patients/carers regarding prescribed medication and prescription payments.
* Ability to use presentational aids.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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