Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician – Surgical pathways

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge to develop their career in a hospital pharmacy setting.

If you are seeking to expand your clinical skills and help to improve patient's satisfaction and make a difference within Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, then this is your ideal job. The post offers a chance to contribute to the continued development of pharmacy services to the Surgery Pharmacy Team.

The post is suitable for a team player technician who is sensitive to the needs of service users. You will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The role is embedded in the ward teams by supporting our nurses and pharmacists to resolve any medicines management issues.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing a safe, efficient and accurate ward-based pharmacy service by liaising closely with pharmacists, nursing and medical staff. This role will help you to develop Medicines Optimisation and Patient Counselling skills.

You will also be required to support the Inpatient pharmacy service as an ACPT weekly on a rostered basis. Therefore, a systematic and flexible approach to working is an essential requirement.

See JD and PS for further details.

About us

There are a variety of surgical services at the Guy's and St Thomas' sites of GSTT. As a key member of the surgical pharmacy team, you will support the service delivery across a range of our sub specialties. We are looking for an experienced and committed pharmacy technician to support our team.

See JD and PS for further details.

Date posted

22 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,089 to £41,498 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS8056

Job locations

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Cross site between Guy's hospital and St Thomas' hospital

London

SE1 7EH


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work in a structured environment providing support to the wider team to meet key directorates targets. This will include delivering pharmacy services to a range of patients with complex surgical conditions, supporting and training junior staff.

Candidates should have demonstrable competencies in hospital clinical pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and commitment to pharmaceutical care. Furthermore, candidates should be highly organised.

See JD and PS for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work in a structured environment providing support to the wider team to meet key directorates targets. This will include delivering pharmacy services to a range of patients with complex surgical conditions, supporting and training junior staff.

Candidates should have demonstrable competencies in hospital clinical pharmacy practice, excellent communication skills and commitment to pharmaceutical care. Furthermore, candidates should be highly organised.

See JD and PS for further details.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC accredited integrated, or linked, knowledge and competence qualification(s) that allow registration in the UK as a Pharmacy Technician.
  • Completion of the Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)

Desirable

  • A1 workplace Assessor award OR practice supervisor certificate or working towards
  • Medicine Management Accreditation or equivalent
  • London Pharmacy Education and Training - Technician Self Development Programme - Stage 2 or equivalent

Previous Experiance

Essential

  • Have worked in a pharmacy dispensary
  • Have worked in a hospital pharmacy dispensary
  • Have worked in a clinical ward based team
  • Have worked in a role with medicines management responsibilities
  • Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
  • Previous experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
  • Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work

Desirable

  • Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives
  • Previous evaluated experience of recruitment and selection of staff

Skills/ Knowledege/ Ability

Essential

  • Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards
  • Demonstrated ability to counsel and give advice to patients on their medications
  • Demonstrated ability to accurately judge and assess patient's own medication
  • Demonstrated ability to accurately record patient medicine reconciliation
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency based training assessment
  • Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
  • Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
  • Demonstrated IT skills including: o Email o Word processing o Spreadsheets o Accurate data entry
  • Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, including: o Complex calculations o Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication o Percentages, decimal, fractions, ratio
  • Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
  • Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS.
  • Mandatory professional CPD as defined by General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

  • Demonstrated ability to write SOP's
  • Demonstrated ability to manage performance
  • Familiar in using the following computer systems: o MedChart o JAC Pharmacy Computer System o iSOFT EPR oEPIC
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC accredited integrated, or linked, knowledge and competence qualification(s) that allow registration in the UK as a Pharmacy Technician.
  • Completion of the Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)

Desirable

  • A1 workplace Assessor award OR practice supervisor certificate or working towards
  • Medicine Management Accreditation or equivalent
  • London Pharmacy Education and Training - Technician Self Development Programme - Stage 2 or equivalent

Previous Experiance

Essential

  • Have worked in a pharmacy dispensary
  • Have worked in a hospital pharmacy dispensary
  • Have worked in a clinical ward based team
  • Have worked in a role with medicines management responsibilities
  • Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
  • Previous experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
  • Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work

Desirable

  • Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives
  • Previous evaluated experience of recruitment and selection of staff

Skills/ Knowledege/ Ability

Essential

  • Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards
  • Demonstrated ability to counsel and give advice to patients on their medications
  • Demonstrated ability to accurately judge and assess patient's own medication
  • Demonstrated ability to accurately record patient medicine reconciliation
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency based training assessment
  • Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
  • Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
  • Demonstrated IT skills including: o Email o Word processing o Spreadsheets o Accurate data entry
  • Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, including: o Complex calculations o Addition, subtraction, division, multiplication o Percentages, decimal, fractions, ratio
  • Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
  • Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS.
  • Mandatory professional CPD as defined by General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

  • Demonstrated ability to write SOP's
  • Demonstrated ability to manage performance
  • Familiar in using the following computer systems: o MedChart o JAC Pharmacy Computer System o iSOFT EPR oEPIC

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Cross site between Guy's hospital and St Thomas' hospital

London

SE1 7EH


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Cross site between Guy's hospital and St Thomas' hospital

London

SE1 7EH


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Pharmacy Technician - Surgery and GMS

Yen Beggs

Yen.Beggs@gstt.nhs.uk

02071885019

Date posted

22 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,089 to £41,498 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS8056

Job locations

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Cross site between Guy's hospital and St Thomas' hospital

London

SE1 7EH


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