Job summary
Medicines Reconciliation Pharmacy Technician: Community Rehabilitation,
We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Technician who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS to further their career in our well-established Medicines Reconciliation team and to support the Community Rehabilitation Service. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
The role involves working as part of the team to provide medicines optimisation support from hospital through the Community Rehabilitation stay in a care setting until the discharge from the service. At the same time to ensure that our Pharmacy and Medicines Management service continue to consistently meet the needs of our patients' and users.
Applicants must have excellent communication and people skills, be able to manage difficult situations, be empathetic, flexible and able to work under pressure. The ability to prioritise work and use own initiative is vital.
You must have a Pharmacy Technician qualification and current registration with the GPhC.
Main duties of the job
You should have evidence of extended scope of practice, working towards or agreement to undertake the requirements of this post e.g. Accreditation in Medicines Management including counselling skills and Final Accuracy Checking.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure the safety of medicines and promote understanding of medicines with patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals alike in all aspects of the job within the Unplanned Directorate, Community Rehabilitation and within the Pharmacy team.
Provide high quality technical pharmaceutical support in the dispensary and high quality technical and clinical support at ward/care home level for patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
To work in partnership with the team and other healthcare professionals/staff within the trust to maximise effectiveness and minimise risks associated with transfer of medicines from one care setting to another.
Undertake routine Medicine Management duties; this includes accurate reconciliation of patients medication histories, ensure supplies of medicines are obtained in a timely manner, assessing patients own drugs for continued use during inpatient stay and the preparation and counselling of medicines for discharge.
Provide technical pharmaceutical support in the dispensary, dispensing medicines in a safe, accurate and timely manner for in-patients and community patients and providing counselling and advice on medicines to patients, relatives or carers.
Undertake routine Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) duties; perform final technical accuracy checks on in-patient, discharge and community prescriptions that have been clinically screened by a pharmacist.
If you require any further information please contact either:
Helen Yates(Lead Pharmacist, Community Rehabilitation) at helen.yates8@nhs.net
or Rachel Hartup (Chief Technician/Operational Manager) rachel.hartup@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure the safety of medicines and promote understanding of medicines with patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals alike in all aspects of the job within the Unplanned Directorate, Community Rehabilitation and within the Pharmacy team.
Provide high quality technical pharmaceutical support in the dispensary and high quality technical and clinical support at ward/care home level for patients, relatives, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
To work in partnership with the team and other healthcare professionals/staff within the trust to maximise effectiveness and minimise risks associated with transfer of medicines from one care setting to another.
Undertake routine Medicine Management duties; this includes accurate reconciliation of patients medication histories, ensure supplies of medicines are obtained in a timely manner, assessing patients own drugs for continued use during inpatient stay and the preparation and counselling of medicines for discharge.
Provide technical pharmaceutical support in the dispensary, dispensing medicines in a safe, accurate and timely manner for in-patients and community patients and providing counselling and advice on medicines to patients, relatives or carers.
Undertake routine Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) duties; perform final technical accuracy checks on in-patient, discharge and community prescriptions that have been clinically screened by a pharmacist.
If you require any further information please contact either:
Helen Yates(Lead Pharmacist, Community Rehabilitation) at helen.yates8@nhs.net
or Rachel Hartup (Chief Technician/Operational Manager) rachel.hartup@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- NVQ 3 Pharmacy Services and BTEC L3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
- Commitment to undertake accredited development programmes.
- Registered or eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Evidence of CPD.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in restricted, awkward environments.
- Perform taks requiring repetitive hand and arm movement.
- Valid UK driving license.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good time management.
- Assertiveness.
- Mentoring.
- Decision making.
- Managing change.
- Good initiative.
- Self-motivated.
- Commitment.
- Professionalism.
Abilities
Essential
- Prioritise work.
- Work accurately and effectively under pressure.
- Excellent time management.
- Work as a team and independently.
Communication skills.
Essential
- Evidence of good communication and listening skills - direct, telephone, interpersonal and written.
- Able to communicate with people about difficult matters and/or difficult situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- NVQ 3 Pharmacy Services and BTEC L3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
- Commitment to undertake accredited development programmes.
- Registered or eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Evidence of CPD.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in restricted, awkward environments.
- Perform taks requiring repetitive hand and arm movement.
- Valid UK driving license.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Good time management.
- Assertiveness.
- Mentoring.
- Decision making.
- Managing change.
- Good initiative.
- Self-motivated.
- Commitment.
- Professionalism.
Abilities
Essential
- Prioritise work.
- Work accurately and effectively under pressure.
- Excellent time management.
- Work as a team and independently.
Communication skills.
Essential
- Evidence of good communication and listening skills - direct, telephone, interpersonal and written.
- Able to communicate with people about difficult matters and/or difficult situations.
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).
