Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician based on Osprey Ward.
Osprey Ward is located at Swallownest Court and is an 18 bedded mixed gender acute mental health ward. We work as a multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care to patients experiencing a wide range of mental illness. We ensure our patients receive purposeful admissions, covering assessment, diagnosis, interventions, and treatment. We work collaboratively with a range of professionals including community mental health teams, social workers, and occupational therapists to support our patients to regain stability and facilitate a safe discharge into the community, ensuring patients receive effective post-discharge support.
Main duties of the job
Admission
1. Conduct a level 2 reconciliation and drug card check.
2. Confirm and update allergy status.
3. Take account of Mental Health Act consent to treat restrictions when administering medication.
4. Assess patients' own medicines at admission for use within policy.
During stay
1. Support the generation and adherence to patient level medicines care plans.
2. Administer regular medication and prompt/support self-administration where appropriate.
3. Administer PRN medicines, where appropriate, following nurse assessment.
4. Have oversight of the adherence to patients' monitoring with respect to medicine use i.e. GASS, ECG, physical health monitoring (within competencies).
5. Co-ordinate leave medicines (to include label and supply within policy).
6. Support MDT/PIPA meetings regarding medicines issues pertinent to the patients' care.
7. Maintain the EPMA record, reporting gaps to ward management.
8. Provide medicines information (verbal and/or written) to patients, involving pharmacist or other clinicians where necessary.
9. Review and support the update and implementation of ward level medicines related SOPs.
10. Respond to medicines related audit outcomes to ensure action plans are implemented.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Currently registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC with appropriate demonstrable experience in hospital/community Pharmacy.
* Evidence of recent continuing professional development.
* Ability to work as part of a team, or autonomously, on own initiative, as required.
Experience
* Experience of working within an inpatient service or intermediate care service.
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.
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