Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: weekend, bank holiday and late rotas covered on a rota basis
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (bank holidays, weekends and evening)
Job ref 287-DSS-13-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Liverpool University Hospital
Town Liverpool
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 25/02/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (Aintree site) is looking for a Registered Pharmacy Technician with an accuracy checking certificate who is keen to realise their potential and who can make the most of the scope this post offers to deliver a patient centred approach to our service delivery.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum performance of the pharmacy service whilst working in the dispensary and medicine management teams.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the medicines management pharmacy technician team at Aintree Hospital where you will complete our in-house medicines management and medicines history taking training programmes.
You will work as part of the pharmacy team to help deliver a high standard of medicines optimisation to designated wards. You will be responsible for the delivery of safe and cost effective pharmaceutical care to newly admitted patients, as well as facilitating efficient discharge and transfer of patients.
You will also rotate through our busy dispensaries. This will need you to have excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role. You must be able to work accurately, have a good eye for detail, and be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
1. To provide a clinical technical service to the POD wards, including the taking of comprehensive medication histories and to provide a cost-effective “one-stop” dispensing service involving accuracy checking patients’ own drugs and assessing their suitability for reuse.
2. To provide a cost-effective “one-stop” dispensing service to wards, involving accuracy checking patients’ own drugs and assessing their suitability for use, arranging re-supplies of patients’ drugs, liaising with G.P.s, nursing homes and ward staff, assessing patient concordance and providing counselling and education where necessary.
3. To provide a “topping up” service on wards for individual patient drug supplies under the direction of the Dispensary Manager or Senior Technicians and in accordance with procedures.
4. To support the clinical pharmacists on POD wards in the provision of complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
5. To liaise with GPs, nursing homes, doctors, ward staff and other healthcare professionals to provide complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
6. To interpret medical notes and test results, identify pharmaceutical and clinical problems and refer to the appropriate medical staff or clinical pharmacist.
7. To counsel and educate patients and carers on the correct use of their medication and assess their understanding of the medicines prescribed.
8. To assess patient concordance, identify patients requiring compliance aids and arrange provision of the necessary aids in both primary and secondary care.
9. To facilitate patient discharges to ensure timely and effective discharge supplies of medication are available for individual patients.
10. To perform a final accuracy check on prescriptions and orders which have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist and in accordance with Trust procedures, and ensure dispensing errors are corrected by the appropriate member of staff.
11. To develop, implement and manage a training package for technical staff in the systems used on POD wards and to assess, train and supervise other technical staff in the systems used on POD wards to ensure optimal and continuous service, adherence to procedures and safe systems of work and expansion of systems to other areas of the Trust.
12. To consult with ward managers and train nursing staff in the systems used on POD wards and provide pharmaceutical information and advice.
13. To carry out audit projects independently and in conjunction with other pharmacy staff to improve and develop service provision and to contribute to the review of existing systems and implementation of new procedural guidelines.
14. To co-ordinate and participate in the provision of a patient counselling course for technical staff and to assist with the education and training of all members of staff, other healthcare professionals and patients.
15. To participate in personal development review and appraise and perform personal development reviews on other staff members.
16. To attend any meetings relevant to the role and appropriate training courses for technicians.
17. To assist in the provision of directorate financial information and analysis and the implementation of directorate service quality and cost improvement initiatives.
18. To act as a role model for student technicians and other members of technical and support staff and provide mentoring, assessing, induction and training of student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists, dispensing assistants and any other relevant members of the pharmacy team.
19. To undertake Continuing Professional Development in order to keep pharmaceutical knowledge current, ensure best practice and comply with requirements for entry on the pharmacy technician register.
20. To carry out dispensing of prescriptions, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, controlled drugs, and in-patient and outpatient prescription in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work practice.
21. To co-operate in staff rotation within the pharmacy departments of the Trust including all dispensaries, the aseptic department and out patients.
22. To observe the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and its supplements.
23. To observe the regulations in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act and Data Protection Act.
24. To co-operate in the operation and development of computerised systems of stock control and medical speciality costing and to assist in maintaining reasonable stock levels, in accordance with the policies that are in force.
25. To assist in maintaining reasonable stock levels, in accordance with the policies that are in force, in the section of the pharmacy in which (s)he is currently employed.
26. To answer telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups, either in the pharmacy or on the ward.
27. To participate in pharmacy and ward based stock audits under the direction of the Senior Technicians.
28. To assist in the receipt and issue of goods in pharmacy and to check delivery notes and invoices if required.
29. To participate in pharmacy objectives set by the Trust, the National Patient Safety Agency, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Department of Health and others to meet clinical governance targets.
30. To provide accurate record keeping of controlled drugs kept in pharmacy including supplies to wards and departments, orders received into the pharmacy and regular audits of the accuracy of computer and paper records.
31. To dispense clinical trials in accordance with the dispensing protocol, ICH GCP guidelines and European Directive under the direction of the clinical trials technician/pharmacist.
32. To undertake special dispensing and manufacturing involving the use of aseptic techniques to a suitable standard in preparation of sterile products in accordance with aseptic procedures.
33. To undertake cytotoxic reconstitution and dispensing in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Aseptic Production Manual.
34. To support equality and diversity.
35. To undertake any other related duties, which may be required.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with appropriate underpinning knowledge
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
* Significant experience with the Electronic Medicines Management systems, including file maintenance, standard and ad-hoc reporting
* Demonstrate Dispensing Experience
* Patient Counselling
* Experience of working on wards
Knowledge
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Ability to understand role and service priorities
* Ability to train staff
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Pleasant and helpful attitude
* Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team
* Smart and clean appearance
Other
* Ability to thrive in a changing environment
* Attention to detail and work accurately
* Flexible
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