Clinical Pharmacy Technician: Patient-Centered Dispensary Care

NHS Lanarkshire; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave - 35 days includingPublic

NHS Pension Scheme

Annual incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to work within the clinical pharmacy team, identifying discrepancies in medication histories and contributing to pharmaceutical care. The post holder will liaise with patients, GP, community pharmacies, care homes and carers to ensure safe, effective medicine use and smooth transitions between primary and secondary care.

The role requires registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, SVQ III and a National Certificate in Pharmaceutical

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

SVQ Level III

Job description

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to work within the clinical pharmacy team, identifying discrepancies in medication histories and contributing to pharmaceutical care. The post holder will liaise with patients, GP, community pharmacies, care homes and carers to ensure safe, effective medicine use and smooth transitions between primary and secondary care.

The role requires registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, SVQ III and a National Certificate in Pharmaceutical