Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Rotherham is seeking a qualified Pharmacy Technician to join their pharmacy team. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary environment, dispensing medication, and ensuring patient care. Candidates must be registered with the GPhC and participate in continual professional development. The position offers a salary between £27,485 and £30,162 per year, pro rata, and aims to support your development in the NHS.

Qualifications

• Must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.
• Experience using JAC software is essential.
• Willingness to undertake competencies in different areas.

Responsibilities

• Work with multidisciplinary teams and perform medicines reconciliation.
• Dispense medication, including at ward level.
• Assist with discharge planning and educate nursing staff.

Skills

Planning and organising

Analytical and Judgement

Communication and relationships

Training and Education

Physical/Practical dexterity

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician

NVQ 3 / BTec in Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Tools

JAC software

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and motivated, qualified registered Pharmacy Technician who is keen to develop their skills further, to join our busy pharmacy team at the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC and be actively undertaking CPD. The role is primarily ward based working within a multidisciplinary team to ensure each patient has the right medicines at the right time.

We are fully automated with the Meditech EPMA system, Prescription Tracking System, dispensing robot and have imminent new developments, which the successful candidate will be an essential part of.

We are forward thinking and encourage our Pharmacy Technicians to learn and obtain further relevant qualifications.

If you are looking for a new challenge or a career in the NHS, come with us and look towards a brighter future.

Main duties of the job

• Working with members of the multi-disciplinary and medicines optimisation teams
• Performing medicines reconciliation and ordering medication for individual patients
• Dispensing medication both at ward level and in the Pharmacy Department
• Ensuring medicines are in the right place at the right time
• Assisting with discharge planning
• Counselling patients regarding their medication
• Accuracy checking prescriptions
• Educating nursing staff with regards to medicine matters on the ward

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Planning and organising: Demonstrates an ability to prioritise own workload and responds appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Analytical and Judgement: Analyses data from prescriptions and uses this to ensure medication dispensed is safe and accurate
• Communication and relationships: Able to present and receive complex, relevant information within a multi professional team, ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills, produce timely, accurate written and electronic records and documents
• Training and Education: To be willing to undertake competencies in different areas
• Physical/Practical: Must comply with Workplace Health and Wellbeing pre-employment assessment, dexterity and accuracy in undertaking dispensing, use of equipment and documentation, advanced keyboard skills, to handle cytotoxic and other hazardous materials

Knowledge

• To maintain own knowledge base and remain up to date with current issues in undertaking continual professional development
• Understanding of hospital pharmacy

Experience

• Experience of using JAC software

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
• NVQ 3 / BTec in Pharmacy Services or equivalent

The salary for this role is £27,485 to £30,162 a year, pro rata, per annum.

Certificates of Sponsorship

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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.