Pharmacy Technician Specialist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered Pharmacy Technician to join our hospital pharmacy team. You will work within the Intermediate Care Unit at Peterborough and support ward-based medicines management, ensuring safe and efficient patient care.

The role involves medicines reconciliation, collaboration with pharmacists and clinicians, and training nursing staff. Travel across CPFT sites may be required to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Registration with GPhC and ongoing CPD.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy post-qualification.
• Excellent communication with patients and colleagues.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team.
• Flexibility to travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily specialist pharmacy technician services for the Intermediate Care Unit.
• Support pharmacist in clinical service; refer complex queries.
• Conduct medicine histories and reconciliations for new admissions; communicate with patients, carers, GPs and other health carers; document actions.
• Assess patients' medicines for suitability for use.
• Order medicines for ward and discharge preparation.
• Order stock medicines and maintain rotation; check expiry dates.
• Label/re-label medicines as required.
• Induct, train and advise ward nurses and nursing associates.
• Maintain records of pharmaceutical interventions.
• Liaise with community pharmacies on admission/discharge using Discharge Medicines Service.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Communication skills

Initiative

Education

Registration with GPhC

CPD evidence

Post-registration qualification in pharmacy

Tools

EPMA systems

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 patient's 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Post-registration qualification in pharmacy
• Clinical Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (CMMPT)
• Medicines Management Skills or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
• Experience of clinical medicines management
• Experience of direct patient communication

Desirable criteria

• Experience of training other health professionals
• Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team in a clinical setting
• Experience of rehabilitation and/or working with older people

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Computer literate in a range of applications
• Ability to work without direct supervision using own initiative to prioritise, plan, manage own workload and achieve deadlines.

Desirable criteria

• Good working knowledge of pharmacy and EPMA systems

Other

Essential criteria

• Pro-active and displays initiative
• Recognises limits of own competence
• Flexible approach to work

Desirable criteria

• Ability to provide leadership to others
• Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visi