Job Description – Pharmacy Technician
Job title – Pharmacy Technician
Job purpose – As a Pharmacy Technician, you will participate with other team members aiming to provide an efficient and comprehensive pharmaceutical service on wings at HMP Chelmsford, under the direction of the Clinical Lead and the Pharmacy Manager. The post holder will be expected to work on his/her own initiative within guidelines, standard operating procedures, and Medicine Policy.
1. Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a legal, safe, high quality prison pharmaceutical service which reflects National and local policy and priorities, considering the high level of security that must be always maintained.
2. Be responsible for providing a timely and efficient pharmaceutical service in accordance with HCRG Care Group Medicine Policy.
3. Support implementation of medicine management strategy and associated services and projects.
4. Assist in the delivery of cost-effective prescribing, the medicines optimisation strategy and management of medication budgets.
5. Provide professional support and operational advice to other pharmacy technicians.
6. To provide, in conjunction with the appropriate Clinical practitioners, a wing technician medicine management service on allocated wings.
Key responsibilities – The tasks and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The jobholder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the business needs at that time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the service. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.
Management and Organisation:
* To run medicine management on allocated wings.
* To undertake Continuing Professional Development to keep pharmaceutical clinical and technical knowledge current to ensure best practice and comply with requirements for entry on the Pharmacy Technician Register.
* Input and maintain data ensuring the Patient Medication Record is accurate and up to date.
* To answer queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups. Refer appropriate queries to the relevant member of the clinical team when necessary.
* To liaise with various members of the Pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients.
* To provide mentoring, induction and training of student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists, summer placement and work experience students and any other relevant members of staff.
* To check expiry dates on stock items on a regular basis, as per SOP.
* To re-issue returned drugs in accordance with local procedures.
* Weekly CD reconciliation.
Clinical
* Ensuring that all dispensed medicines are received in accordance with agreed dispensing standards.
* Ensuring that patient details on the computerized record system using information from prescriptions prepared by the medical staff ensuring that drug histories are up to date and complete.
* Undertake clinical audits and operational reviews as required by the Pharmacy Manager and Clinical Lead.
* Assist in the review of medicines related incidents on CIRIS.
* Providing regular medicines management services to wings including prescription reordering/management.
* Attendance to local Medicines Management meetings in absence of the clinical lead.
* Initiation, promotion, and management of pharmacy-based clinics including implementation of medicines reconciliation.
* Identification of areas where the technical pharmacy service can be developed and work with pharmacy team to implement this.
* Making appropriate referrals for patients to the dentist, nurse practitioners, GPs, wellbeing, sexual health, chiropodist.
* Smoking cessation trained.
* Liaise on a regular basis with the nursing staff and senior management team to ensure a seamless medicines management service is provided which is open to change to optimise the service.
Education and Training
* Participate in the development and delivery of training events for Virgin Care employed staff in the prison Healthcare to support.
* The implementation of medicine related policies and procedures.
* An appropriate level of knowledge for healthcare professionals using homely Remedies.
* The implementation of clinical guidelines and the preferred prescribing list.
Responsibilities specific to the prison environment
* The post holder will be in contact with prisoners daily; this client group can be challenging due to the high proportion that have mental health illness and substance misuse problems.
* The post holder may need to assist in nurse led clinics after obtaining competencies in long term conditions due to the high demand of complex needs in the prison.
* To be familiar with Prison Standards, rules, policies and any other relevant material within the prison setting.
This job description is not exhaustive and may be amended with agreement from the employee and employer.
Personal Specification
Essential
* Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
* Ability to build and develop relationships.
* Must be confident and capable of autonomous practice and able to work independently.
* Qualified with an NVQ Level 3, BTEC or equivalent.
* Registered Pharmacist Technician with current General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) membership.
* All candidates are subject to prison vetting checks.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-professional team within a fast-paced environment.
Desirable
* Experience in a Prison environment.
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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