Senior Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Final accuracy checking of discharge prescriptions and possible discharge counselling.

To deliver training and providing cover for other areas of Pharmacy.

Provides advice, with own competence, to nursing staff in clinical areas in relation to supply and availability of medication in order to reduce the incidence of missed doses.

Ensures that medicines within the clinical areas are stored correctly and securely, giving feedback to staff, if required, when there are deviations from best practice.

Omit up to but include processing and final accuracy checking of discharge prescriptions and patient counselling.

Omit Provides a service to POP project but include delivering training

General/Dispensary

Carries out the supply of ward medicine stock items, temporary stocks for named patients and handles enquiries under the direction of the Dispensary Manager and Clinical Pharmacists, by following the defined SOP's.

Dispenses discharge, inpatient and outpatient prescriptions under the supervision of a Dispensary Manager and clinical pharmacist by following the defined SOP's.

Performs final accuracy checks of dispensed items, following appropriate training and demonstration of competence, in line with departmental SOPs, for those items that have been clinically checked.

Maintains a safe working environment within the department and good internal and external communications with nursing staff and other hospital departments, referring any difficulties to be a pharmacist or senior member of staff.

By liaison with clinical pharmacists, through the Principal Technician - Logistics, reviews and maintains ward medicines stock levels.

Participates in reviewing the topping-up service for drug distribution in the hospital and other off-site locations when required, updating records as necessary.

Problem solves and deals with enquiries from patients and users, passing enquiry's to more senior staff when necessary. Provides written and oral information on the use of medicines to patients attending the pharmacy.

Maintains adequate medicine stock levels and undertakes stock checks in the stores/dispensaries. Support Principle Pharmacy technician/staff relating to homecare queries and medical gasses.

To provide support to Principle Pharmacy technicians and staff with queries relating to Homecare and medical gasses.

Additional Duties

Supports junior pharmacy staff in performing their duties.

Undertakes a supervisory role in the in-patient dispensary on a sessional basis, ensuring that work flow is maintained and all KPIs for pharmacy operational services are met.

Provides personal managerial support to the Principal and/or Chief Technicians. This is defined as a supervisory role in being responsible for the organisation of staffing to match workload, advanced problem solving, and achieving Departmental standards for qualitative and quantitative performance measures.

Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns to meet the needs of the service and staff.

Tackle discrimination and harassment and promote equality and diversity in the workplace.

Reduce sickness absence, workplace accidents and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff.

Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.

Undertakes a supervisory role in in patient dispensary on a sessional basis

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
• Completed Regional Accredited Checking Technician Course (or working towards)
• Medicines management level 4 (or working towards)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working at previous grade
• Hospital experience

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

North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospital of North Tees

Hardwick Road

Stockton-on-Tees

TS19 8PE

Employer's website

https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)