Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

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This is an exciting new opportunity to provide and support the development of the pharmacy service within the Women and Children's division at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust. You will be responsible for delivery of a high quality clinical Pharmacy service and supporting the Medicine Optimisation agenda for women and children's services.

You will support the ward pharmacy service as part of a multidisciplinary team, provide training to a range of staff and support the lead pharmacists for the women and maternity services across both of our acute sites.

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking pharmacy technician with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. You will play a major role in the improvement and development of the Women and Maternity services, embracing new opportunities, so that the service continues to evolve to meet the demands of our service users in a changing NHS.

Main duties of the job

To assist the Clinical Pharmacist, Obstetrics & Gynaecology in the delivery of clinical technical services to the women and maternity care group. Provide medicines Drug History and reconciliation support to the clinical pharmacy team. They will assist in the updating of procedures; partake in audits and systems for the monitoring, organisation and supply of medicines during the patient's admission and discharge.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Accredited checking technician

Desirable

• Evidence of Practice Supervisor / Education Supervisor training / qualification

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation.
• Experience of liaising and interacting with nursing and medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

Desirable

• Knowledge of CMM computer system
• Experience of working in a ward 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.