Clinical Pharmacy Technician

NHS Scotland; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

35 days annual leave

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the clinical pharmacy team, supporting pharmaceutical care and medication histories across hospital and primary care interfaces. You will work with the clinical pharmacist to ensure safe medicines use and smooth patient transitions.

You will liaise with GPs, care homes and colleagues, undertake dispensing duties, maintain documentation, and contribute to ward-based services in line with standards and regulations.

Qualifications

• National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
• SVQ Level III.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Dispensary checking qualification.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage pharmaceutical care for individual patients with pharmacist support.
• Print Emergency Care Summaries and compile medication histories with GP and community pharmacy input.
• Analyse ward-based technical services to ensure safe, efficient delivery and resource use.
• Ensure all documentation and procedures are written, reviewed and securely stored.
• Label and dispense inpatient, outpatient and discharge prescriptions.
• Carry out final accuracy checks of prescriptions dispensed by others, including controlled drugs.

Skills

GPhC registration

Dispensary checking

Education

National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

SVQ Level III

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To work as part of the clinical pharmacy team in identifying discrepancies in medication histories and other pharmaceutical issues. To contribute to the pharmaceutical care of patients, and assist the clinical pharmacist in the relevant speciality. In doing this the post holder will comply with relevant standards, guidelines and procedures, health and safety at work and COSHH regulations. To provide a multi-professional approach to pharmacy and prescribing policy issues and ensure that patients derive maximum benefit and minimum harm from their medicines and ensure smooth transition between primary and secondary care boundaries.

In this key role, you will:

• The post holder will assess, manage and provide pharmaceutical care to individual patients referring to and liaising closely with a clinical pharmacist as appropriate.
• The post holder will print Emergency Care Summaries, assess GP information and Patients own drugs to compile a medication history, liaising with patients, GP’s, community pharmacies, care homes and carers as appropriate.
• The post holder contributes to the analysis of the ward based technical service to ensure delivery of a safe and efficient service with economic use of resources whilst adhering to local and departmental policies and procedures, current pharmaceutical standards and national legislation.
• To ensure that all relevant documentation and procedures are written, completed and appropriately reviewed and stored securely.
• Labelling and dispensing of inpatient, outpatient and discharge prescriptions.
• To undertake the final accuracy check of prescriptions dispensed by others including ward orders, controlled drugs, trial and unlicensed medicines and maintain a practitioners role in all aspects of dispensing.

What You'll Bring:

• National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• SVQ Level III
• Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Dispensary checking qualification.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Lesley Kay, Pharmacy Distribution Manager on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Nicole Hetherington, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]