Registered Dispensary & Ward Based Technician
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Job summary
Hello!
My name is Rachel Davies, I am the Operational Manager of the Churchill Hospital Pharmacy. I am privileged to lead our very hardworking Dispensary team in providing a dispensary service, supplying in-patient, outpatient, discharge medication and clinical trial prescriptions to Patients of the Churchill and Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospitals in Oxford. This is a post offering an exciting opportunity to provide technical support to the Churchill Hospital Dispensary as well providing a ward based technician service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Pharmacy Technician to join our team as a Dispensary and Ward Based Technician. This role would be ideally suited for a qualified Technician with a Dispensary background, looking to progress their career, with a particular interest in dispensary and ward based services.
Within this role you will receive full training to become both an Accredited Checking Technician and Ward Based Technician, allowing you to progress to band 5 on completion of both of these accreditations. Successful applicants meeting the essential criteria will be offered a band 5 post. These accreditations will allow you to provide the final check of medicines, and to support our ward based Pharmacy service. You will also have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, working jointly with the Pharmacy Operational team to provide key co-ordinator support to the Dispensary team.
Main duties of the job
Having undertaken the relevant final checking training to spend periods of time in the Dispensary providing the final check of dispensed items. To act within the limitations of the role and refer where necessary.
Having undertaken the relevant training, to provide a medicines optimisation service to designated wards on your base site under the supervision of Medicines Management Technicians.
To be responsible for providing co-ordinating support to the dispensary service under the direction of the senior technician or operational manager. Including taking the lead for the dispensary service when required. To assist in ensuring dispensary work is processed accurately, safely and efficiently according to procedures to support turnaround and key performance indicators. To be responsible for preparing some dispensary rotas, overseeing workload and delegating tasks to the dispensary team, with the ability to judge workload and when to escalate to prevent it reaching unmanageable levels, working together with Senior Technicians.
Labelling and dispensing medicine supplies to wards and departments according to the dispensary procedures; including clinical trial dispensing using the pharmacy stock control computer system, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail in processing of prescriptions.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Details
Date posted
07 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
321-CSS-6241949-B5
Job locations
Churchill
Churchill Drive, Old Road, Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LE
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Churchill
Churchill Drive, Old Road, Headington
Oxford
OX3 7LE
Employer's website
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