Outpatient Pharmacy - Pharmacy Technician/ACT
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Job overview
The Pharmacy Technician plays a key role in ensuring efficient and high quality patient care is consistently delivered and maintained.
They will manage the workflow in the Outpatient Dispensary and support the delivery of a high-quality Outpatient pharmacy service, under the direction of the General Pharmacy manager and Superintendent Pharmacist.
They will be expected to pass in-house competency assessments as part of their induction/probation.
Duties include: Managing overall dispensary workflow and assisting with the assembly of prescriptions using JAC and ARIM softwares in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Provision of comprehensive counselling to patients on the use of medication.
Providing health and well-being advice and recommending suitable remedies for minor ailments by signposting patients or through sales of OTC and pharmacy only medicines.
Stock management including: receipt, storage, date checking and stock house-keeping.
NVQ Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge [BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent] or equivalent.
Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement).
Main duties of the job
We’re Hiring – FULL TIME (40 hours per week) Outpatient Pharmacy Technician
Whether dispensing medication, providing pharmacy services, recommending pharmaceutical lines to patients and healthcare colleagues, you will be providing personalised solutions to help people lead healthier lives – this is work with real purpose.
You would be expected to assist with managing the flow of work in the Outpatient Pharmacy.
To be the technical link person between Outpatient pharmacy and patients.
To manage and organise dispensary workflow and support the safe, accurate and timely supply of medicines to patients.
To adhere to and maintain quality standards and performance indicators for service developments implemented.
To cover weekends or bank holiday shifts as necessary.
To support the development of the Outpatient Pharmacy working closely with the Superintendent Pharmacist to expand a prescribing clinic.
Complete training or currently be able to accuracy check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions, according to SOPs.
Please note that this post does not fall under NHS Agenda for Change as Whittington Pharmacy is a Community Interest Company
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached JD document.
You would be expected to assist with managing the flow of work in the Outpatient Pharmacy.
To be the technical link person between Outpatient pharmacy and patients.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- • Current community or hospital pharmacy experience
- • Use of a pharmacy computer system
- • Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- • Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- • Experience of using JAC and ARIM pharmacy computer system
- • Experience of using prescription tracking systems (PTS)
- • Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement)
Functional
Essential criteria- Strong ability to multi-task, prioritise, plan and organise
- Fluent written and spoken English including good numeracy
- Meet and Demonstrate Trust ICARE values
- Strong communication skills - must be able to recognise and overcome barriers to understanding e.g. language, deaf, learning difficulties
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ Level 3 Qualifications in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement)
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
- Participate in required training and supervision.
- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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