Job summary
BDCFT Acute Inpatient Services have funded some new roles for pharmacy technicians to work on our inpatient wards. Successful candidates will administer medicines to our patients at medication rounds, support admission and discharge medicines reconciliation, provide a full medicines management and optimisation service to the wards and play an important role in the physical healthcare of our inpatients.
The postholder will work closely with pharmacy staff including pharmacists, other pharmacy technicians and assistants.
Full training and support to administer medicines will be provided.
Main duties of the job
To provide medicines management technical pharmacy services in order to improve the quality of patient care within Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Duties are varied but will include:
- To undertake medication administration rounds
- To screen patients on admission to the Trust, contacting GPs and / or other healthcare providers to ascertain the patient's medication history and advising Trust staff of identified discrepancies.
- To provide smoking cessation advice to inpatients
- To identify potential pharmaceutical issues that may arise during discharge planning and work with multi-disciplinary teams to resolve.
- Dispensing and issuing prescriptions, including accuracy checking
- Providing advice to patients and carers
- Supplying stock items to dispensaries and wards
- Assessing patient's own medicines for use during the inpatient stay
- Helping to ensure that all activities within the area of work comply with departmental procedures.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Closing date: 8th September 2023Shortlisting: w/c 11th September 2023Interviews likely to take place w/c 18th September 2023
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Closing date: 8th September 2023Shortlisting: w/c 11th September 2023Interviews likely to take place w/c 18th September 2023
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or similar nationally recognised qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Accreditation in Medicines Management or equivalent experience
- Possession of Accredited Checking technician qualification
Training
Essential
- Evidence of regular Continuing Professional Development.
Desirable
- Health & Safety / COSHH issues.
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstrable post-qualification Pharmacy work experience, covering the main skills areas, and including the relevant speciality.
- Patient consultation skills
- Experience of working to standard operating procedures
- Experience of medicines optimisation
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role
- Time management skills required to manage own time most effectively by planning and prioritising workload appropriately
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or similar nationally recognised qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Accreditation in Medicines Management or equivalent experience
- Possession of Accredited Checking technician qualification
Training
Essential
- Evidence of regular Continuing Professional Development.
Desirable
- Health & Safety / COSHH issues.
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstrable post-qualification Pharmacy work experience, covering the main skills areas, and including the relevant speciality.
- Patient consultation skills
- Experience of working to standard operating procedures
- Experience of medicines optimisation
Desirable
- Experience of working in a similar role
- Time management skills required to manage own time most effectively by planning and prioritising workload appropriately
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).
