Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Community Health Services (CHS) Pharmacy team in supporting patients cared for in our Virtual Wards within ESHT.
Virtual Wards are a safe & efficient alternative to NHS bedded carethat is enabled by technology. Virtual wards support patients who would otherwise be in hospital to receive the acute care, monitoring & treatment they need in their own home. This includes either preventing avoidable admissions into hospital or supporting early discharge out of hospital.
Our vision at ESHT is the service to be "Clinically led, user centric, integrated model which is digitally enabled".
The post holder will be providing patient care in patients own homes, and able to travel independently across sites. You will be using technology to support and monitor patients.
We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, self-motivated and dynamic Pharmacy Technician with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will work with colleagues across the integrated care system to develop and maintain high quality, clinically driven pathways so that we are able to provide the best patient experience to our local population.
Main duties of the job
This senior pharmacy technician post is responsible for providing direct specialist support to the virtual ward pharmacy service provided to patients supported by CHIC division (Community Health and Integrated Care) community-based teams and services (excluding bedded units) including community nursing, working with the Highly Specialist Pharmacist, and other members of the CHS pharmacy team.
The post holder will be collaborating with an integrated workforce of doctors, nurses and AHPs, as well as specialist colleagues in Respiratory, Heart Failure and Frailty.
The post holder will be required to liaise with colleagues working in the virtual ward, which are expected to be across both professional and organisational boundaries.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
- Good general education including Maths, English + Science to GCSE Standard
- Checking Technician accreditation
- Medicines Management accreditation
- Practice Supervisor/Train the Trainer
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years' experience of working in a hospital or community pharmacy In addition minimum of one year experience of working with direct patient contact and ordering of patients' specific medication either within an acute trust or a similar setting
- Providing training to pharmacy staff or other healthcare professionals
Desirable
- Experience of working as a pharmacy technician in hospital dispensary/pharmacy service at B5 or above.
- Experience of working in a community pharmacy
- Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
Skills
Essential
- Experience of working closely with pharmacist(s) providing patient-based services and has a good understanding of the role.
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics
- Demonstrate the ability to review a patent's medication and identify issues (e.g. concordance) and communicate with the patient (and/or relatives) and to provide recommendations to nurses, doctors or community pharmacist regarding the patient's medicine.
- Demonstrates knowledge of current practice and policy relating to pharmacy and targets within the NHS
- Demonstrates an understanding of risk management
- Good knowledge of most medicines and their indication and recommended dosages.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of patients with relation to the provision of information on safe effective medicines use
- Demonstrate the ability to accurately transcribe from one medicines related document to another ensuring all relevant information is available (including current or previous checking accreditation relating to accurate transcribing.)
- Good knowledge of various counselling points for complex drugs with the use of a list (e.g, warfarin booklet, patients information leaflets (package insert)).
- Able to counsel patients and nursing staff on inhaler techniques and have knowledge of various inhalers and is able to recommend a different inhaler if the situation requires this.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pharmacy Technician registered with General Pharmaceutical Council
- CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
- Good general education including Maths, English + Science to GCSE Standard
- Checking Technician accreditation
- Medicines Management accreditation
- Practice Supervisor/Train the Trainer
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years' experience of working in a hospital or community pharmacy In addition minimum of one year experience of working with direct patient contact and ordering of patients' specific medication either within an acute trust or a similar setting
- Providing training to pharmacy staff or other healthcare professionals
Desirable
- Experience of working as a pharmacy technician in hospital dispensary/pharmacy service at B5 or above.
- Experience of working in a community pharmacy
- Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
Skills
Essential
- Experience of working closely with pharmacist(s) providing patient-based services and has a good understanding of the role.
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics
- Demonstrate the ability to review a patent's medication and identify issues (e.g. concordance) and communicate with the patient (and/or relatives) and to provide recommendations to nurses, doctors or community pharmacist regarding the patient's medicine.
- Demonstrates knowledge of current practice and policy relating to pharmacy and targets within the NHS
- Demonstrates an understanding of risk management
- Good knowledge of most medicines and their indication and recommended dosages.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of patients with relation to the provision of information on safe effective medicines use
- Demonstrate the ability to accurately transcribe from one medicines related document to another ensuring all relevant information is available (including current or previous checking accreditation relating to accurate transcribing.)
- Good knowledge of various counselling points for complex drugs with the use of a list (e.g, warfarin booklet, patients information leaflets (package insert)).
- Able to counsel patients and nursing staff on inhaler techniques and have knowledge of various inhalers and is able to recommend a different inhaler if the situation requires this.
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).
