Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

Royal United Hospitals Bath Nhs Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join the Medicines Optimisation Team in Bath. You will liaise with ward pharmacists, prescribers and nurses to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care in a clinical setting, and help implement the POD scheme across areas.

You will support medicines management, review MARs, and assist in policy development, training and ensuring compliance with local procedures and government

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy operations is desirable.
• Knowledge of medicines management and POD scheme.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines optimisation for designated clinical areas.
• Support the POD scheme implementation and liaise with care home providers, patients and community pharmacies.
• Assist in developing policies, procedures and training related to medicines management.
• Check admissions for medication accuracy against patient information, SCR and GP letters.
• Initiate supply of non-stock items for one-stop dispensing as appropriate.

Skills

Professional registration

MOPT/ACT accreditation

Job description

Job summary

To work as an effective and proactive member of the Medicines Optimisation Team, liaising with ward pharmacists, prescribers and nurses as part of the multidisciplinary team. To ensure patient's receive the highest standard of care in a clinical setting in accordance with government legislation, current best practice and guidance, adhering to local policies and procedures at all times in the interest of patient safety. Medicines Optimisation includes medicines reconciliation, use of patient's own drugs, providing original pack dispensing and counselling patients about their medicines. Implement and maintain the Patient's Own Drug (POD) scheme for the designated area (and self-administration where introduced) according to Trust wide policies.

Main duties of the job

Be part of a team providing medicines optimisation to designated clinical areas in accordance with the roster. Implement and maintain the Patient's Own Drug (POD) scheme for the designated area (and self-administration where introduced) according to Trust wide policies, including liaising with care home providers, patients and community pharmacies. Work with the Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician in developing policies, procedures and protocols directly relating to medicines management schemes (including medicines optimisation) and assisting in reviewing these documents. To support in training and mentoring of medicine optimisation pharmacy technicians, pre-registration pharmacists/ technicians, foundation practice pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the medicines optimisation process. Check on admission that the medication prescribed conforms to information received from the patient, GP letter and Summary Care Records (SCR) where appropriate, to check that any differences are intentional and if necessary to confirm details with the patient's GP and to refer any problems to the pharmacist or prescribing doctor carrying out medicines reconciliation for individual patients. Initiate the supply of non-stock items for one-stop dispensing as appropriate (once clinically checked by a pharmacist) i.e. medicines labelled with directions for discharge.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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Job responsibilities

• Look and assess, in accordance with strict procedures and guidelines, whether any medication brought into hospital by the patient are fit for use and removing (with the patients consent) any unwanted or unsuitable medicines and relabelling medicines where appropriate
• Regularly check that any changes to prescribed medication are reflected in the supply to the patients medicine locker. Remove unwanted/discontinued items and issue newly prescribed drugs in accordance with Trust procedure. Ensure that sufficient quantities of patients own drugs are maintained, ordering items where necessary before supplies run out. Relabel containers when there is a dose change
• Clarify changes in medication or doses by checking patients notes and liaising with the ward pharmacist and/or prescriber
• Supporting the clinical pharmacists in the management of medicines and minimising risks of medicines to individual patients by providing a clinical pharmacy technician service
• Be responsible for the maintenance and updating of ward stock lists for the designated clinical areas in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist and ward staff
• Aid discharge planning in conjunction with the clinical pharmacist, ward staff, main pharmacy dispensary and discharge liaison team
• Discharge patients, after TTA has been clinically checked as per Trust policy, with supplies from drug lockers, TTA cupboards or by ordering from pharmacy

Person Specification

Essential

• Professional registration
• MOPT and ACT accreditation

Desirable

• Hospital experience

Essential

• Hospital experience

Desirable

• Hospital experience

Essential

• pharmacy experience

Desirable

• Hospital experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.