Pharmacy Technician

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused health trust in Barnsley is seeking an enthusiastic band 4 Pharmacy technician to support clinical pharmacists in delivering a medicines management service. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the pharmacy service across wards and community settings, requiring strong communication skills and a relevant qualification. Own transport is essential due to the role's requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage, order, and maintain stock levels.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation for new admissions.
• Check patients' own drugs (PODs).
• Order medicines using the electronic prescribing system (EPMA).
• Facilitate discharge and leave prescriptions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Self-motivated

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, band 4 Pharmacy technician. You will work alongside and support our clinical pharmacists to undertake a medicines management service in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team here at South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Our trust offers mental health, community and learning disability services as well as providing a pharmacy service to two rehabilitation wards and a hospice. The candidate will work with other professionals to provide a comprehensive pharmacy service on all in-patient wards and community areas.

Responsibilities

• Managing, ordering, and maintaining stock levels.
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation on all newly admitted patients and checking patients own drugs (PODs).
• Drug history taking.
• Ordering medicines using the electronic prescribing system (EPMA).
• Facilitating discharge and leave prescriptions.
• Delivering safe, effective, and efficient systems by reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records in a timely manner.
• Carrying out medicines assurance checks in line with key safety standards.
• Ensuring all work-based validations are up to date.

We are a small pharmacy team, based at Kendray Hospital Barnsley. You will be expected to work effectively and efficiently, as part of a team, as well as independently. Having your own transport is essential as this role requires dispensing competencies to be maintained at Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield.

The successful candidate must be self-motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills; you should also be able to prioritise your own workload and be a good team player.

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold a BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• You MUST be registered with the GPhC and be willing to undertake internal competency-based training as part of the role.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we’re accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we’re run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.