Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester seeks an Accuracy Checking Technician to work in inpatient and outpatient dispensaries. You will be responsible for supplying medications and ensuring accuracy in prescriptions. Candidates with little or no prior experience in chemotherapy are welcomed, as full training will be provided. Applicants must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and possess strong teamwork, problem-solving, and time management skills. Join a dedicated team in one of the UK's top cancer treatment centres.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in a busy dispensary.
• Experience in clinical screening is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of exceptional pharmacy services.
• Participate in inpatient and outpatient dispensing.
• Perform final accuracy checks on prescriptions.
• Operate with electronic dispensing systems, iQemo and CMM.
• Mentor students and preregistration pharmacists.

Skills

Team player

Data management

Good time-management

Good inter-personal skills

Problem solving

Experience with JAC software

Using a dispensing robot

Education

Registration with the GPhC as a UK technician

Job description

As a colleague within our team of Accuracy Checking Technicians you will be working in both the inpatient and new outpatient dispensaries and be responsible for supplying oral chemotherapy and supportive medicines to patients of The Christie Trust.

ACTs with little or no prior chemotherapy experience are welcomed to apply, full and comprehensive training and support will be provided by our existing expert team members, many of whom have come from a community pharmacy background.

Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is a prerequisite to applying for this position.

Main duties of the job

1. Contributing to the delivery of exceptional pharmacy services to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
2. Participate in inpatient, outpatient and discharge dispensing including unlicensed and controlled drugs (CD)
3. Perform final accuracy checks on prescriptions that have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist in accordance with Trust and departmental procedures
4. Operate with Trust electronic dispensing systems, iQemo and CMM

About us

The Christie Pharmacy Ltd Company (TCP) is a wholly owned subsidiary company, which is part of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The company was formed in December 2017 to provide a high-quality pharmacy service to both inpatients and outpatients of the Trust.

Our services include:

• dispensing and supplying medication to inpatients in wards and clinics
• supporting The Christie at Home service, allowing patients to receive certain cancer treatments from the comfort of their own home.
• providing bespoke medication for The Christie at Salford, The Christie at Oldham and fourteen other outreach sites
• wholesale supplying medicines and devices to all wards on the Withington site

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust manages the Christie Hospital which is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. The Christie treats 40,000 patients per year, delivering over 30,000 chemotherapy treatments and is the first specialist hospital to be awarded 'outstanding' twice by the Care Quality Commission.

We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the role

1. Contributing to the delivery of exceptional pharmacy services to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
2. Participate in inpatient, outpatient and discharge dispensing including unlicensed and controlled drugs (CD)
3. Undertake cytotoxic dispensing in accordance with departmental procedures and criteria dictated by COSHH regulations
4. Perform final accuracy checks on prescriptions that have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist in accordance with Trust and departmental procedures
5. Undertake dispensing of pre-prepared parenteral nutrition supplies
6. Participate in annual Personal Development Reviews (PDR), agreeing on set objectives in line with company targets
7. Operate with Trust electronic dispensing systems, iQemo and CMM
8. Raise stock concerns promptly with the pharmacy stores team
9. Have knowledge and appreciation of pharmacy stock procurement and storage procedures
10. To assist in the maintenance of stock levels and ensuring efficient turnover whilst maintaining quality and drug integrity
11. Provide occasional support to the stores team during stocktaking operations
12. Participate in the compiling and checking of ward stock top-ups
13. Undertake occasional extemporaneous dispensing
14. Participate in the dispensing and checking of patient discharge medicines
15. Maintain accurate record keeping of controlled drugs receipted into the pharmacy and subsequent supplies made, reporting any discrepancy or concerns promptly to the CD accountable officer
16. Respond to telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a diverse range of Trust staff, referring to an appropriate member of the pharmacy team when appropriate
17. Undertake patient counselling in the outpatient area, sensitive to the occasional distressing situations encountered
18. Work collaboratively with other members of the broader pharmacy organisation, aseptics and clinical trials
19. Provide mentoring, induction and training to students, preregistration pharmacists and dispensers
20. Assist in the destruction of returned and expired controlled drugs, following instruction from the CD accountable officer
21. Participate in scheduled Saturday/Sunday and Bank holiday rotas
22. Comply with COSHH, HSE, company and Trust procedures and safe systems of working
23. Maintain personal portfolio of company-specific mandatory training modules
24. Comply with Trust infection control policies
25. Take personal responsibility for managing own health and wellbeing

Applications will be welcomed from a Qualified Accuracy Checking Technician seeking 37.5 hours per week

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration with the GPhC as a UK technician

Experience

• Proven experience working in a busy dispensary
• Hospital experience Experience in clinical screening

Skills

• Ability to work as a team-player
• Data management and data analysis skills
• Good influencing and negotiation skills
• Logical and capable of problem solving
• Good time-management
• Good inter-personal skills
• Experience of working with JAC software
• Experience of using a dispensing robot

Disposition

• Honest, caring and responsible
• Ability to thrive in a challenging environment

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.