Pharmacy Technician Dispensary and Inpatient Services

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a pharmacy technician to support inpatient and outpatient dispensing at Berrywood Hospital. You will manage stock, promote efficient workflows, and counsel patients on medications.

Responsibilities include medicines reconciliation, ward-based medicines management, and liaison with medical staff and community providers. NHS experience preferred.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• Accredited checking pharmacy technician.
• Evidence of recent continuing professional learning.
• Current GPhC registration and membership as a pharmacy technician.
• Post-qualification NHS experience as a pharmacy technician.
• Experience liaising with other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Dispense and final check inpatient and outpatient prescriptions.
• Carry out distribution and stock control of medicines.
• Manage the daily dispensary workflow with the dispensary team to keep medicines supply efficient.
• Act as first point of call on a rota, resolving medication and prescription issues, coordinating discharges and supporting staff and patients.
• Carry out medicines reconciliation and manage medicine supply for inpatients and community patients, including stock, non-stock, discharge, leave and self-medication.
• Remove, dispose of and keep records of unwanted medicines from inpatient areas.
• Assess patients' own medicines brought into hospital for potential re-use.
• Inform and counsel patients about their medication, including supporting self-administration.
• Provide pharmacy technician support and advice at ward level to wards away from the main site in Northampton and West Northants.
• Liaise with patients, relatives, medical and nursing staff, third-party providers, acute trusts, community pharmacies and GP surgeries.

Skills

Dispensing prescriptions

Final checking prescriptions

Stock control

Ward-based medicines management

Liaising with healthcare professionals

IT literacy

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

Accredited checking pharmacy technician

Evidence of recent continuing professional learning

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

This pharmacy technician post sits in the Berrywood Hospital dispensary, supporting the in-house medicines supply service of Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and its inpatient wards. The work centres on dispensing and final-checking prescriptions, managing stock and distribution, and carrying out medicines reconciliation and patient counselling at ward level. It covers mental health, child and adolescent, community hospital and palliative care wards, with a rota role as first point of call for prescription problems and ward visits to sites away from the main hospital. Fit depends on GPhC registration and an accredited checking qualification.

What the job involves

• Dispense and final check inpatient and outpatient prescriptions
• Carry out distribution and stock control of medicines
• Manage the daily dispensary workflow with the dispensary team to keep medicines supply efficient
• Act as first point of call on a rota, resolving medication and prescription issues, coordinating discharges and supporting staff and patients
• Carry out medicines reconciliation and manage medicine supply for inpatients and community patients, including stock, non-stock, discharge, leave and self-medication
• Remove, dispose of and keep records of unwanted medicines from inpatient areas
• Assess patients' own medicines brought into hospital for potential re-use
• Inform and counsel patients about their medication, including supporting self-administration
• Provide pharmacy technician support and advice at ward level to wards away from the main site in Northampton and West Northants
• Liaise with patients, relatives, medical and nursing staff, third-party providers, acute trusts, community pharmacies and GP surgeries

What’s required

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent course
• Accredited checking pharmacy technician
• Evidence of recent continuing professional learning

Registration & licences

• Current GPhC registration and membership as a pharmacy technician

Experience

• Post-qualification NHS experience as a pharmacy technician
• Experience of liaising with other healthcare professionals

Skills & knowledge

• IT literate, with the ability to use electronic systems, spreadsheets and databases

Nice to have

• Ward-based medicines management experience
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience counselling patients on multiple medications
• Previous use of SystmOne
• Previous experience or knowledge of hospital electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems