Medicines Management Technician: Developmental Paediatrics

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to support the neurodiversity (ND) service and ward-based medicines management. The role involves direct patient contact, accurate dispensing, stock control, and contributing to cost-effective medicines use on inpatient wards.

You will complete medicines reconciliation, provide patient and family education, and assist in training junior staff and students under the guidance of senior technicians and the lead

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC registration
• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science
• Level 4/Equivalent dispensary accuracy checking qualification
• Experience supervising pharmacy technicians and assistants

Responsibilities

• Carry out final accuracy checks of prescriptions dispensed by others as part of maintaining competency
• Provide complex information and advice to patients and carers on medicines usage
• Support and deliver departmental training to students and staff
• Review and close medicines-related incidents; monitor trends for governance
• Carry out pill school clinics under supervision of Lead Pharmacist and Senior Technician
• Support medicines reconciliation on wards and in ND services
• Assist with prescription management queries escalated to clinical staff

Skills

Dispensing accuracy

Patient counseling

Stock management

Teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science

GPhC registration

Level 4 dispensary accuracy

Job description

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to support the neurodiversity (ND) service and ward-based medicines management. The role involves direct patient contact, accurate dispensing, stock control, and contributing to cost-effective medicines use on inpatient wards.

You will complete medicines reconciliation, provide patient and family education, and assist in training junior staff and students under the guidance of senior technicians and the lead