Pharmacy Technician Medicines Management

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pharmacy Technician at NHS in Blackburn. This role will focus on overseeing medication management at ward level, leading pharmacy teams, and ensuring compliance with policies. The right candidate will have clinical experience, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to improving patient care through effective medicines management.

Qualifications

• Must have NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• BTec Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification preferred.
• Experience supervising pharmacy services in clinical settings required.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of daily workload and support safe medication deployment.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies in drugs management.
• Support professional development for pharmacy teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Technological skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services

BTec Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification

A1 NVQ Assessor Qualification

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our forward-thinking department. The role involves working at ward level, and within the department supporting dispensary services. We strive for the highest standards of medicines management duties, with Pharmacy Technicians being key to the success of our award-winning service. You will oversee daily workload, and support the safe, efficient deployment of resources and kit.

The right candidate will be a team player with clinical experience, well-developed communication skills and a desire to use your knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines. You will be able to demonstrate consistent leadership and the ability to train. We are looking for leaders of the future, who can meet the changing needs and dynamics of our busy and professional department. In return, we offer a training programme developed to offer Pharmacy Technicians the opportunity to enhance their skills widen their knowledge base.

Ability to participate in late night, Bank holiday and weekend rotas is essential. The main base will the RBTH site, but the post-holder must be able to cover both sites if required.

Main duties of the job

At ward level, our Pharmacy Technicians ensure patients have sufficient supplies of medicines and flagging critical medicines and arranging supplies. They make interventions, avoiding missed and delayed doses of medicines, reconciling inpatient charts against GP records, and supporting the discharge process.

Pharmacy Technicians are responsible for ward-based medicines management duties including audit, controlled drug management and compliance with Trust policies, and experience of this within a clinical setting is desirable for this post.

Our pharmacy Technicians at this grade provide oversight and leadership of the dispensary during designated sessions and oversee the workload for groups of wards.

About us

East Lancashire Hospitals has a history of innovation and is an exciting place to work. We have gone live recently with a full Electronic Patient Record, which incorporates ePrescribing and medicines reconciliation activities. We were the first Trust in the country to launch Refer-to-Pharmacy. The pharmacy teams utilise ELHT's unique e-patient tracking system to identify and target patients requiring medicines reconciliation, and as an e-pharmaceutical care planning tool.

Job responsibilities

• Support the Assistant Directors of Pharmacy in providing a high quality, cost effective and efficient patient centred pharmacy service to the Trust
• Maintain and develop the highest standards of patient-focused care in the provision of technical services
• Support the governance and medicines risk management agenda locally
• Support the development of the technician and assistant teams to complement and facilitate multidisciplinary working
• Act as a role model in the field of clinical technician pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high level of pharmaceutical service in line with corporate objectives and government initiatives
• Support the agreed policies and procedures for safe medicines use and support mechanisms to promote high quality medicine use, effective risk management, clinical governance and adherence to Trust policies and guidelines concerning medicines use
• Contribute to the development of the service
• Support the professional development of technicians and assistants

See attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualification

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent qualification - approved for registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Member GPhC
• BTec Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification or equivalent
• A1 NVQ Assessor Qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Practice in one or more relevant areas, including clinical
• Experience of supervising pharmacy services in primary or secondary care
• Working within GMP/GDP/GCP guidelines
• Able to identify, prioritise and evaluate work, meets deadlines
• Reflects on own practice and learns from experience

Qualities

• Can balance strong leadership and demonstrates flexibility when working within a team
• Demonstrates a systematic approach and works well under pressure
• Flexibility in working hours due to service demands
• Evidence of CPD
• Experience in the use of IT systems/ keyboard skills

Skills

• Understanding of medicines legislation and guidance i.e. Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines, MHRA Alerts
• Able to communicate information of a technical, clinical, or supervisory nature
• Ability to prioritise demands on service and plan workload of self and others
• Skills in training and development of a range of staff
• Excellent verbal and written communication

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearpro rata per annum