Senior Pharmacy Technician | North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are welcomed from registered (or soon to register) pharmacy technicians that currently have (or are willing to work towards) the relevant accuracy checking and medicines management qualifications listed in the person specification.

For those who do not yet hold the required qualifications then training will be provided, and progression to the B5 position will be actioned on completion of the required qualifications. This is as per Annex 21 Agenda for Change and salary payment will be as described within this.

Technicians are responsible for undertaking a broad range of technical duties in the various sections of the pharmacy, to aid in the efficient and effective delivery of pharmacy services to patients and users of the service.

As a Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will have responsibility for a specific role within the pharmacy team, such as managing controlled drugs, training and development, supporting the Omnicell administrator or stock control.

You will work at ward level as part of the ward pharmacy team, providing a near-patient ordering and discharge service to improve patient flow and enable more timely discharge. As well as this, you will be required to use the skills obtained through successful completion of an accredited Medicines Management course to undertake medicines reconciliation on both the Emergency Admissions Unit and the base in-patient wards, working within your competence and referring queries to the Ward Pharmacists when required.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

Ward-based Clinical Pharmacy Services

Works as part of the ward-based clinical pharmacy team to provide near-patient services, for example medicines reconciliation, ordering of medication for in-patient use, processing and final accuracy checking of discharge prescriptions and discharge counselling.

Provides a service to the Patient Orientated Pharmacy (POP) Project, including delivering training and providing cover.

Provides advice, with own competence, to nursing staff in clinical areas in relation to supply and availability of medication in order to reduce the incidence of missed doses.

Ensures that medicines within the clinical areas are stored correctly and securely, giving feedback to staff, if required, when there are deviations from best practice.

General/Dispensary

Carries out the supply of ward medicine stock items, temporary stocks for named patients and handles enquiries under the direction of the Dispensary Manager and Clinical Pharmacists, by following the defined SOP's.

Dispenses discharge, inpatient and outpatient prescriptions under the supervision of a Dispensary Manager and clinical pharmacist by following the defined SOP's.

Performs final accuracy checks of dispensed items, following appropriate training and demonstration of competence, in line with departmental SOPs, for those items that have been clinically checked.

Maintains a safe working environment within the department and good internal and external communications with nursing staff and other hospital departments, referring any difficulties to be a pharmacist or senior member of staff.

By liaison with clinical pharmacists, through the Principal Technician - Logistics, reviews and maintains ward medicines stock levels.

Participates in the topping-up service for drug distribution in the hospital and other off-site locations when required, updating records as necessary.

Problem solves and deals with enquiries from patients and users, passing enquiry's to more senior staff when necessary. Provides written and oral information on the use of medicines to patients attending the pharmacy.

Maintains adequate medicine stock levels and undertakes stock checks in the dispensaries.

Additional Duties

Supports junior pharmacy staff in performing their duties.

Undertakes a supervisory role in the in-patient dispensary on a sessional basis, ensuring that work flow is maintained and all KPIs for pharmacy operational services are met.

Provides personal managerial support to the Principal and/or Chief Technicians. This is defined as a supervisory role in being responsible for the organisation of staffing to match workload, advanced problem solving, and achieving Departmental standards for qualitative and quantitative performance measures.

Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns to meet the needs of the service and staff.

Tackle discrimination and harassment and promote equality and diversity in the workplace.

Reduce sickness absence, workplace accidents and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff.

Take responsibility for personal development and education and the development of a Personal Development Plan.

This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024