Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Safety & Governance - B4-5 STEP

Job summary

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a registered Pharmacy Technician eager to broaden their experience and enhance their expertise in quality improvement, patient safety, and governance.

The successful candidate will join a proactive team focused on enhancing the safe and effective use of medicines across the organisation to support high-quality patient care

As a Pharmacy Technician, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines across the Trust. Working alongside the Pharmacy Medicines Governance and Safety Team, you'll gain experience in audit processes, quality management systems, and quality improvement projects that enhance patient safety.

The post offers a development pathway from Band 4 to Band 5, Responsibilities include providing technical support to wards and departments, overseeing drug storage and stock management, and contributing to safety meetings and reports, with a strong focus on patient safety and effective medicines management.

This varied role combines technical skill with governance responsibilities, making you an integral part of maintaining high standards within pharmacy practice and supporting exceptional patient care.

Main duties of the job

Support the preparation, conduct, and facilitation of audits, contributing to the development of supportive action plans that promote continuous improvement in line with Royal Pharmaceutical Society standards.

Collaborate with the Medicines Governance and Safety Team to maintain a robust quality management system, including managing Q-Pulse accounts, setting up new users, and distributing controlled documents.

Support safe drug storage and stock management, and assist with the maintenance and governance of Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

Support the Trust priority for medicine safety with an initial focus of time critical medications.

Provide support in the absence of senior team members, including preparing meeting papers and acting as secretariat when required.

Ensure accurate documentation, support effective discharge planning, take and update drug histories

Counsel patients on their medicines, support the resolution of medicine-related queries or concerns.

Accurately dispense medicines, manage workload effectively, support the training and induction of new staff members, and work towards gaining an accuracy checking qualification if not already achieved.

Upholding good pharmaceutical practice, ensuring regulatory compliance, and engaging in continuous professional development.

This role is essential for maintaining high pharmacy service standards, ensuring patient safety, and contributing to the Trust's overall objectives.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

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