Job summary
Do you enjoy the challenges of meeting complex pharmaceutical care needs and putting evidence-based medicine to practice andwhere you have the capacity to make changes to improve patient care? Do you want the opportunity to be involved in the teaching and development of students and junior staff?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated pharmacy technician to work within our Medicines Information service.
Are you a committed, motivated, and enthusiastic technician with a passion to teach? If so, would you like to join our pharmacy team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, providing trust wide teaching across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will encompass both Medicines Information and Training, working in collaboration with pharmacy colleagues and clinicians whilst expanding the Medicines Information service.
You will manage the training of technicians and pre-registration trainee technicians, senior assistant technical officers, includingclinical supervisions of staff.
You will also support the training of medicine management roles such as; patient medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, ordering of leave medication, accuracy checking of prescriptions and participate in dispensary duties.
Training and support will be given as appropriate to maximise your potential! The successful candidate will be enrolled onto the next UKMi training Course if you haven't already completed this.
Main duties of the job
To manage and develop training needs of the technical staff within the pharmacy department.
To supply medicines, relevant advice or information to patients or Healthcare staff in a professional manner
Assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general management along with HR concerns.
To support the Senior Managers Group (SMG) deliver the highest possible professional standards within the department. In conjunction with others to ensure that standards are equitable throughout the Trust.
To ensure staff have an understanding of and implement relevant departmental procedures. To ensure that all aspects of technical dispensary work are covered by appropriate policies or procedures.
Ensuring that technicians, Senior assistants and assistants involved in training are competent and appropriately supported so as to provide a high level of service to the patients in their area.
About us
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
To provide & develop a Medicines information service to the Trust.
To mentor and train pre-registration pharmacy technicians
To be responsible for the co-ordination of training and on-going training and education of Medicines Management Technicians.
To manage, develop and co-ordinate safe and effective training and education packages ensuring they are kept in line with best practice and current professional guidance.
Ensure all pharmacy technical staff are aware of training and education opportunities.
To ensure compliance with Medicines Law, CQC requirements and internal audit.
To ensure compliance with medicines management guidance issued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
To ensure Medicines Management Technicians are up to date with training and reaccreditation.
Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, one-stop dispensing to wards in preparation for patients discharge, maintaining and ordering non-stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required.
Work in the dispensary, final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary leads and lead technician in the co-ordination of the day to day running of the dispensary.
All Pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of the Pharmacy supply chain have a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital Pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
To provide & develop a Medicines information service to the Trust.
To mentor and train pre-registration pharmacy technicians
To be responsible for the co-ordination of training and on-going training and education of Medicines Management Technicians.
To manage, develop and co-ordinate safe and effective training and education packages ensuring they are kept in line with best practice and current professional guidance.
Ensure all pharmacy technical staff are aware of training and education opportunities.
To ensure compliance with Medicines Law, CQC requirements and internal audit.
To ensure compliance with medicines management guidance issued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
To ensure Medicines Management Technicians are up to date with training and reaccreditation.
Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, one-stop dispensing to wards in preparation for patients discharge, maintaining and ordering non-stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required.
Work in the dispensary, final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary leads and lead technician in the co-ordination of the day to day running of the dispensary.
All Pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of the Pharmacy supply chain have a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital Pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (registration number required)
- Accredited Checking Technician qualification
- Demonstrate an on-going commitment to CPD portfolio.
- Willing to work towards accredited medicines optimisation accreditation. Qualification to be achieved within agreed timescale.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification hospital experience
- Experience of Training others
- Experience of liaising with other disciplines.
- Broad Pharmacy experience
- Team worker able to work on own and use own initiative
- Working within a Team
- Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills including PSC system and Microsoft applications
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Well-developed physical accuracy and dexterity
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods when subject to changing working patterns
- Be able to provide and receive information where there may be barriers to understanding
- Be able to communicate information to patients/carers regarding prescribed medication
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and undertake instruction
- Demonstrates sensitivity in dealing with patients and staff
- Be able to communicate effectively in written and verbal formats with clinical teams
- Ability to write accurate reports and make presentations using appropriate IT software to a range of colleagues in various settings
- Able to make sound judgments where there are a range of options
- Always maintain patient dignity and confidentiality.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of dispensary procedures acquired through training & experience
- NHS On going Key issues for Techs KSF for Bands 4-5 technical staff
- Good Clinical Knowledge
Additional
Essential
- Self Motivated
- Good Time Management
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development to comply with GPhC requirements
- Willing to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (registration number required)
- Accredited Checking Technician qualification
- Demonstrate an on-going commitment to CPD portfolio.
- Willing to work towards accredited medicines optimisation accreditation. Qualification to be achieved within agreed timescale.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification hospital experience
- Experience of Training others
- Experience of liaising with other disciplines.
- Broad Pharmacy experience
- Team worker able to work on own and use own initiative
- Working within a Team
- Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent IT skills including PSC system and Microsoft applications
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Well-developed physical accuracy and dexterity
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods when subject to changing working patterns
- Be able to provide and receive information where there may be barriers to understanding
- Be able to communicate information to patients/carers regarding prescribed medication
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills with the ability to listen and undertake instruction
- Demonstrates sensitivity in dealing with patients and staff
- Be able to communicate effectively in written and verbal formats with clinical teams
- Ability to write accurate reports and make presentations using appropriate IT software to a range of colleagues in various settings
- Able to make sound judgments where there are a range of options
- Always maintain patient dignity and confidentiality.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of dispensary procedures acquired through training & experience
- NHS On going Key issues for Techs KSF for Bands 4-5 technical staff
- Good Clinical Knowledge
Additional
Essential
- Self Motivated
- Good Time Management
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development to comply with GPhC requirements
- Willing to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust-wide as and when required to do so
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
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.
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.
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
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
