Pharmacy Technician Specialist

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced pharmacy technician to develop and maintain day-to-day specialist services on The Intermediate Care Unit in Peterborough and to support the ward pharmacy service on Trafford ward in Wisbech as needed.

You will undertake medicines reconciliation, assess medicines for suitability, order medicines for patients, train nursing staff, and liaise with community pharmacies to ensure a seamless medicines pathway.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for developing and maintaining the day to day specialist pharmacy technician services provided to The Intermediate Care Unit, Peterborough and to support the pharmacy service on Trafford ward in Wisbech, if needed in line with medicines policies and standard operating procedures.
• Support the pharmacist in the provision of the clinical pharmacy service, and recognise when clinical queries need to be referred to a different healthcare professional (e.g. pharmacist, doctor).
• Undertake medicine history and medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients, and when necessary, resolve problems by communicating with patients, carers, GPs and other health care professionals and document actions and outcomes accurately.
• Assess patients own medicines for suitability for use.
• Order medicines from the Trust pharmacy for individual patients for use on the ward and in preparation for discharge.
• Order stock medicines, maintain stock rotation, including checking expiry dates
• Label / re-label medicines when required.
• Induct, train, advise and support nurses and nursing associates on the ward
• Maintain records of pharmaceutical interventions if required.
• Liaise with community pharmacies on admission and discharge of patients where appropriate using PharmOutcomes Discharge Medicines Service to provide a seamless medicines pathway into primary care.

Job description

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• 1. Be accountable for developing and maintaining the day to day specialist pharmacy technician services provided to The Intermediate Care Unit, Peterborough and to support the pharmacy service on Trafford ward in Wisbech, if needed in line with medicines policies and standard operating procedures.
• 2. Support the pharmacist in the provision of the clinical pharmacy service, and recognise when clinical queries need to be referred to a different healthcare professional (e.g. pharmacist, doctor).
• 3. Undertake medicine history and medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients, and when necessary, resolve problems by communicating with patients, carers, GPs and other health care professionals and document actions and outcomes accurately.
• 4. Assess patients own medicines for suitability for use.
• 5. Order medicines from the Trust pharmacy for individual patients for use on the ward and in preparation for discharge.
• 6. Order stock medicines, maintain stock rotation, including checking expiry dates
• 7. Label / re-label medicines when required.
• 8. Induct, train, advise and support nurses and nursing associates on the ward
• 9. Maintain records of pharmaceutical interventions if required.
• 10. Liaise with community pharmacies on admission and discharge of patients where appropriate using PharmOutcomes Discharge Medicines Service to provide a seamless medicines pathway into primary care.

The responsibilities of this post require the post-holder to work autonomously as well as a team member. This role may require travel to other locations within the Trust.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust