Lead Pharmacy Technician Urgent Care

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician to join the Frailty Urgent Care Services, delivering hospital-level care to patients in their homes.

The role aims to reduce hospital admissions, support earlier discharge, and ensure medicines are used safely throughout the care journey. It involves remote and face-to-face reviews as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with NHS/community experience.
• Experience in frailty care and home-based medicines management is desirable.
• Ability to lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Medicines reconciliation, review and counselling, remotely and face-to-face.
• Attendance at multidisciplinary board round.
• Assess medication adherence and implement interventions.
• Identify and refer priority patients for pharmacist review.
• Independently resolve medicines-related queries and escalate as needed.
• Liaise with stakeholders during transfer of care to support medication management.
• Oversee medication stock management and supply.

Skills

Pharmacy Technician

Lead / supervision

Home care liaison

Education

GPhC registration

Tools

Frailty / multidisciplinary care

Job description

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician ready to take the next step in your career? Do you want to be part of an innovative, multidisciplinary service that is transforming the way healthcare is delivered?

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician to join our Frailty Urgent Care Services, helping to deliver hospital-level care to patients in the comfort of their own homes.

This is a unique role where your expertise will directly support patients to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitate earlier discharge from acute settings and ensure medicines are used safely, effectively and appropriately throughout their care journey.

Your Daily Activities Will Be Varied To Include

• Medicines reconciliation, review and counselling, remotely and face-to-face
• Attendance at multidisciplinary board round
• Assess medication adherence and implement appropriate interventions
• Identify and refer priority patients for pharmacist review
• Independently resolve medicines-related queries, escalating appropriately
• Liaison with stakeholders during transfer of care to support ongoing medication management requirements
• Oversight for medication stock management and supply

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Hoad Job title: Lead Pharmacist Virtual Wards Email address: [e-mail]

Heather Lucas - Deputy Chief Pharmacist

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