Rotational Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Job overview
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK. Our modern state of the art pharmacy with robotic and automated technology currently comprises of a dedicated team of 170 staff. The pharmacy service includes dispensing medication for in-patients and out-patients, managing a Top-up service to wards and clinics, running a satellite pharmacy service and a comprehensive ward service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated person with good interpersonal and organisational skills who will enjoy being part of this friendly, dynamic team.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to support the pharmacy technician team leaders and clinical pharmacist team leaders in the provision of a ward-based pharmacy service to the clinical speciality and associated wards. This position is open to pharmacy technicians with limited or extensive experience, we would like to hear from you and full training and support will be given.
The post holder will participate in rotations through clinical teams in Neuro, Cardiac, Medicine, Surgery, Haematology/Oncology, Infectious diseases, Unplanned care, and women’s health & Paediatrics. You will work alongside a team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide a core service of medicines optimisation in clinical areas.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a professional Gphc registered Pharmacy Technician whose duties will include supporting the Lead Specialist Pharmacy Technicians (Medicines Management) in developing and maintaining the medicines management service at ward level.This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicines reconciliation, providing original pack dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating supply of discharge medicines which includes dispensing TTAs on the wards.
The post holder will also support the induction and training of ward-based technicians ATO’s, Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and Trainee pharmacists.
The candidate must hold the NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and be a professional registered Pharmacy Technician who has achieved the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification.
The successful candidate will require excellent communication skills and enjoy both an individual challenge and working as part of a large team
Working for our organisation
The GESH hospital group is a leading healthcare provider in South-West London, comprised of St George’s University Hospitals and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, together, by collaborating and working in partnership to meet the needs of our patients, and making sure our services are affordable and fit for the future.
As GESH partners the pharmacy departments at St Georges University Hospital and Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals are working together in a number of areas including workforce, key functions such as medication safety, education and training and digital workstreams.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust itself is a major acute hospital that offers specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, neurosurgery, cardiac care, lipid disorders, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke.We are the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. The helipad was opened in spring 2014 and the work of the Emergency Department has been captured on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ Pharmacy Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent).
- Registration with GPhC
- Accredited Pharmacy Technician
- Completed Practice Supervisor and/or Educational Supervisor course
- ACPT facilitator
Experience
Essential criteria- Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills and knowledge and CPD
- Experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
- Experience of staff training
- Experience of dispensing in a specialist area e.g. clinical trials, HIV, unlicensed
- Stock control experience & knowledge.
- Experience of participation in audit, project management
- Experience of delivering induction and competency based training.
Skills
Essential criteria- Familiarity with Pharmacy IT systems
- Ability to identify and solve problems
- Competent in all areas of dispensing practice
- Good organisational and leadership skills
- Ability to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
- Experience as a mentor