Urgent and Emergency Care Clinical Pharmacy Technician
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like a challenge where no two days are the same? Would you like to have a role where you feel you can make a difference every day? We have a vacancy for a Clinical Pharmacy Technician to work within Urgent and Emergency Care at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.
The post holder will work closely with the Pharmacists and other health care professionals to deliver high quality, patient focused medicines management services within our medical wards on site.
You must be an excellent communicator with outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills. You will need to be forward thinking and enthusiastic, with a commitment to continuing professional development. You must have a strong passion for improving patient care, be a good problem solver and self-motivated.
This post would be suitable for either a newly qualified pharmacy technician or community pharmacy technician looking to start their hospital career as a band 4 to 5 progression. To progress to the band 5, the successful applicant would need to display that they could conduct the medicines reconciliation process, approach clinicians with confidence and resolve medicines related issues independently (within scope).
As part of the progression, the applicant would also need to display specialist knowledge in the surgical speciality and demonstrate understanding of treatment pathways and the impact on medicines for the patients in this environment.
Main duties of the job
1. Completing detailed lists of medications a patient was taking prior to admission and reconciling this with the medications prescribed on the chart.
2. Evaluating suitability of patient's own drugs for use whilst in the hospital environment.
3. Participating in the discharge planning of patients with ward staff and other healthcare professionals both in secondary and primary care.
4. Counseling patients on new or changed medication to help promote compliance.
5. Completing audits.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience completing audits
* Experience counselling patients on medication
* Post registration experience in a hospital Pharmacy
Skills
* Excellent communication skills with patients and staff
* Ability to work under pressure and problem solve and use initiative
* Experience of training staff and giving feedback
* Strong sense of responsibility/integrity and work as a team player
Qualifications
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
* Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent or evidence of competence
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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