Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management and ACPT

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board invites applications for the Pharmacy Technician position to support medicines management and provide patient care. The successful candidate will participate in dispensing prescriptions, managing pharmacy logistics, and providing essential health services within a community-focused setting.

Qualifications

• Support pharmaceutical service in the UHB.
• Act as an accredited checking Pharmacy Technician.
• Dispense and issue prescriptions.

Responsibilities

• Work within SOPs and professional guidelines.
• Make decisions on medicine supply issues.
• Train pharmacy assistants and students.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Accredited checking Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician qualification

Job description

Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management and ACPT

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To support the pharmaceutical service and the medicines management agenda in the UHB.

To act as an accredited checking Pharmacy Technician (ACT).

To undertake the role of an accredited Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician.

• To work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and be guided by professional good practice guidelines.
• To work as part of a team and also work independently and using own initiative to deal with problems, enquiries and urgent requests referring to the senior pharmacy technician or a pharmacist if necessary.
• To use professional judgement to make appropriate decisions based on evaluating facts and options e.g. supply problems with urgent items.
• To act as an accredited checking Pharmacy Technician undertaking the final check and release of prescriptions dispensed by other pharmacy staff.
• To dispense and issue prescriptions, providing advice and information on medicines to patients, carers and nursing staff.
• To participate in the ward-based medicines management service, assessing medicines, organising supplies and giving advice to patients.
• To support the pharmacy logistics service in providing safe, effective and efficient pharmacy purchasing and distribution services.
• To participate in pharmacy services on weekend/public holiday rotas.
• To participate in the training and supervision of pharmacy assistants, student Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy students.
  
  

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We Live By Our Core Values

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
  
  

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Lee Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician in Clinical Services Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01685 723736

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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