East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Critical Care

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our team at Ipswich Hospital.

New investment has created this exciting opportunity for you to help the department develop and progress the clinical pharmacy service within Critical Care and Theatres and Nutrition Services.

You will be based within the Pharmacy department but will spend a significant amount of time working at ward/clinical level, ensuring the delivery of all aspects of pharmacy service to specialist high-risk patients, whilst supporting the lead clinical pharmacist develop our services to our theatres and recovery areas.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We offer direct one-to-one training, pharmacy forums, clinical huddles and other educational activity. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full, site wide implementation of EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility at Colchester Hospital)

Main duties of the job

https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1 - About our Pharmacy Service

Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care patients in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.

Ensure the delivery of an enhanced clinical service to Recovery/Theatres and other clinical areas as necessary.

Provide a key level of support to the Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Critical Care Services. Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within the specific areas of working.

Assist senior multidisciplinary colleagues in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner within the respected specialities.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

29 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1763-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC registered
  • Medicines Reconciliation trained (either local or regional)
  • Regional Accredited Checking Technician qualification
  • B-Tech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent

Desirable

  • Certificate in Medicines Management
  • Patient Consultation Skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working at ward/clinical level and handling of high risk medicines
  • Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working specifically with Critical Care patients

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer Literacy including in - use understanding of electronic prescribing systems
  • Medicines Management
  • Clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Critical Care patients gained through training & experience
  • Understanding of pharmacy organisational/structure (local/national)
  • Understanding of the relationship of the pharmacy department to the wider multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Knowledge of clinical issues affecting patients residing within Critical Care
  • Basic understanding of clinical issues relating to practice within theatres
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GPhC registered
  • Medicines Reconciliation trained (either local or regional)
  • Regional Accredited Checking Technician qualification
  • B-Tech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent

Desirable

  • Certificate in Medicines Management
  • Patient Consultation Skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working at ward/clinical level and handling of high risk medicines
  • Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working specifically with Critical Care patients

Knowledge

Essential

  • Computer Literacy including in - use understanding of electronic prescribing systems
  • Medicines Management
  • Clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Critical Care patients gained through training & experience
  • Understanding of pharmacy organisational/structure (local/national)
  • Understanding of the relationship of the pharmacy department to the wider multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Knowledge of clinical issues affecting patients residing within Critical Care
  • Basic understanding of clinical issues relating to practice within theatres

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.

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.

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Clinical Pharmacist Critical Care Services

Richard Chalmers

richard.chalmers@esneft.nhs.uk

01473703600

Details

Date posted

29 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1763-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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