ICU Intermediate Care Pharmacy Technician – Reconciliation

NHS Jobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Intermediate Care Pharmacy Technician to join the Intermediate Care Unit team in Birmingham. The post holder will work under the guidance of ICU pharmacists and perform medicines reconciliation, accuracy checks on rewritten charts, and verify medication changes in patient notes.

You will obtain medication histories, counsel patients on self-medication and inhaler use, and assist with discharge letters and timely medication

Responsibilities

• Perform level 2 medicines reconciliation in line with Trust policy.
• Carry out accuracy checks on rewritten charts to ensure correctness.
• Check patient notes for intended changes to medications.
• Obtain medication histories by contacting GPs when appropriate.
• Counsel patients on self-medication, discharge processes and inhaler use.
• Assist with discharge letters and ensure timely medication orders by unit prescribers.
• Ensure safe storage, disposal and avoidance of waste; report errors via Datix.
• Respond to CAS or safety alerts from Trust governance.

Job description

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Intermediate Care Pharmacy Technician to join the Intermediate Care Unit team in Birmingham. The post holder will work under the guidance of ICU pharmacists and perform medicines reconciliation, accuracy checks on rewritten charts, and verify medication changes in patient notes.

You will obtain medication histories, counsel patients on self-medication and inhaler use, and assist with discharge letters and timely medication