Senior Pharmacy Technician - Frailty (Sheppey Community Hospital)
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 5 or band 4-5 progression depending on essential criteria requirements
We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacy Technician who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main Duties of the Job
We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join our clinical pharmacy team. The post includes the provision of clinical ward-based services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and the sub-acute frailty ward to support care closer to Sheppey and Medway patients.
This is an exciting opportunity for a technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to working at ward level across two sites providing ward-based specialist clinical pharmacy services. We are looking for someone with experience or someone looking to progress to a senior level.
Job Responsibilities
The post holder will work on the wards providing clinical services on the wards, delivering quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation. As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, you will be involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines.
The Clinical Pharmacy Team will lead on medicines optimisation strategies including palliative and end of life care. The Frailty team will utilise tools such as STOPP-START, STOP, and 7 STEPs in response to the National Overprescribing Review pledge of September 2021 around polypharmacy and overprescribing.
This will include the assessment of patients' own drugs, medicine reconciliation, and discharge planning, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication to ensure patient flow.
The post holders will work with the clinical pharmacy team to continually develop the service while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will involve being a Practice/Educational supervisor, Line management and leadership, and will also involve taking responsibility for a defined area of service delivery (frailty sub-acute lone off-site working). The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities including dispensing-on-ward activity and working as an accredited checking Technician.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Must be registered as Pharmacy technician with GPhC
* BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
* NVQ 3 in pharmacy services or equivalent GPhC Registration
Knowledge
* Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent level
* Knowledge of procedures and practices associated with working in a hospital pharmacy department
* Understand the importance around safe transfer of care around medicines and the impact of errors across the interface
Experience
* Hospital-based experience
* Management and leadership experience
Skills
* Demonstrates ability to solve problems
* Proven ability to achieve results and good communication skills
* Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
* Good interpersonal and customer service skills and ability to negotiate
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.
Salary
£26,530 to £36,483 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference Number
275-2412SPT-FSCH1
Job Location
Medway NHS Foundation Trust (Sheppey Community Hospital, Plover Rd, Minster on Sea, Sheerness ME12 3LT)
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