Rotational Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated qualified Pharmacy Technician (or a Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician due to qualify soon) to join our friendly, progressive, Pharmacy Team.

Duties include dispensing for in-patients including clinical trials and controlled drugs in the dispensary and delivering a high-quality ward-based medicines management service to a multitude of areas throughout the Trust. You will also gain experience from working in our busy Technical Services department preparing chemotherapy, intravenous and TPN preparations.

The successful candidate will be based mainly at Pinderfields Hospital, the largest of our three hospital sites, but will also be required to work across the Trust at Pontefract Hospital and Dewsbury and District Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Dispense and issue medicines to patients, using actual or faxed prescriptions, ensuring that all the necessary information is available.
• Ensure that all information needed for accurate stock control and prescription issues data is recorded using both paper systems and the computerised Pharmacy Information System (PIS).
• Liaise with Procurement staff about urgently required medicines and informing patients and other health care staff about supply problems / delays.
• Dispense clinical trial medication and complete all required documentation following the defined Standard Operating Procedures.
• Dispense specialist hospital-only medicines and unlicensed medicines which require accurate, detailed records.
• Help to educate the patient about treatment changes and the best way in which they can manage their own medicines, where appropriate, through self-administration schemes.
• Where appropriate, liaise and communicate with the patients PCT, GP, Community Pharmacist and/or carers in order to ensure seamless care by accurate transmission of medicines-related information, in both directions.
• At the point of discharge, ensure that the contents of the patients medicines locker are safe and appropriate for the patient to take home.
• Work closely with and train the nursing staff on all medicine management policies.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

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

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