Medicine Optimisation Technician

ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS TRUST; Truro; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Truro is seeking a pharmacy technician to work in Critical Care and Theatres. The role involves dispensing medications, ensuring accurate drug histories, and maintaining high-quality medicines management. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and flexible, with a relevant pharmacy qualification. Join a dynamic department that's at the forefront of implementing new technologies.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated individual.
• Experience with medicines management and controlled drugs.
• Flexibility to work across Critical Care and Theatres.

Responsibilities

• Dispense medications for in-patient and out-patient care.
• Perform controlled drug stock checks.
• Conduct drug histories and medicines reconciliations.
• Ensure accuracy of dispensing processes.
• Maintain records using pharmacy systems.
• Audit medicines storage and management.

Skills

Pharmacy technician skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work in critical care

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant pharmacy qualification

Tools

Pharmacy computer system

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated pharmacy technician with the potential and desire to develop through an exciting and varied role in Critical Care and Theatres.

Our pharmacy medicines optimisation teams provide near patient services such as medicines reconciliation, drug history taking and discharge facilitation. Critical care cares for the sickest patients in the trust and offers unique opportunities to challenge usual medicines management processes. Theatres is also a area of practice that offers new and exciting opportunities different to you would see on a standard ward. We are a dynamic department and have invested in new technologies such as electronic prescribing and robotics.

The post holder will cover both Critical Care and Theatres across RCHT and may need to be flexible to cover leave and sickness.

There is also weekend working of one weekend day every 5 weeks with a day off in lieu.

Main duties of the job

• To dispense for in-patient, out-patient and patient discharge, including oral cytotoxic medication and controlled drugs relevant to critical care and theatres.
• To perform controlled drug stock checks and investigate discrepancies as required, reporting any unresolved deviations to your line manager.
• Perform accurate drug histories and medicines reconciliations for critical unwell patients on the ICU and/or EPOC at RCHT.
• To ensure accuracy of work during all stages of the dispensing process and to pass the Southwest dispensing accuracy assessment every 2 years.
• To ensure records and controls are correctly maintained using the pharmacy computer system and paper records and by following the Pharmacy Archive procedure.
• Ensuring high quality medicines management across Critical Care and Theatres through regular checks and auditing of medicines storage including fridge and controlled medicines.
• To work closely with the pharmacy stores team to ensure appropriate stock is available at point of patient care and levels are adjusted based on acuity of critical care and theatres.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.