Rotational Clinical Pharmacy Tech - Band 4 to 5 progression

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The William Harvey Hospital is seeking a permanent rotational pharmacy technician post, starting at band 4 with progression to band 5. The role centers on medication histories and reconciliation, counselling patients on new or changed medicines, and discharge planning with ward teams.

This post suits newly qualified pharmacy technicians or those moving into hospital from community pharmacy, and includes regular teaching of clinicians.

Qualifications

• BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills (pre 2022) or equivalent
• Accreditation for final accuracy checking of prescriptions
• Medicines management accreditation or national equivalent

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed medication histories from multiple sources and reconcile with inpatient medicines
• Counsel patients on new or changed medicines to support adherence
• Advise doctors and nurses on medicines queries
• Assess suitability of patients' own medicines for hospital use
• Participate in discharge planning with ward staff and other healthcare professionals
• Accurately check dispensed items in hospital dispensary or satellite pharmacy
• Carry out departmental audits to ensure procedures are followed
• Teach clinicians and healthcare professionals across the trust

Skills

Medication knowledge

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Decision making

IT skills

Attention to detail

Education

BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills

Final accuracy checking accreditation

Medicines management accreditation

Tools

CMM

Sunrise

Job description

A permanent rotational post in the pharmacy at The William Harvey Hospital, starting at band 4 with progression to band 5. The role centres on medication histories and reconciliation, counselling patients on new or changed medicines, dispensary accuracy checking and discharge planning with ward teams. It suits newly qualified pharmacy technicians, or those moving into hospital from community pharmacy, and includes regular teaching of clinicians. Progression needs completion of the in-house policy and evidence of specialist medicines knowledge, and GPhC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Completing detailed medication histories from multiple sources, reconciling them with current inpatient medicines and intervening where needed
• Counselling patients on new or changed medicines to support adherence
• Advising doctors and nurses on medicines queries
• Assessing the suitability of patients' own medicines for use in hospital
• Taking part in discharge planning with ward staff and other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care
• Accuracy checking dispensed items in the main hospital dispensary or the satellite pharmacy in the acute medicines unit
• Carrying out departmental audits to check procedures are followed
• Teaching clinicians and healthcare professionals across the trust on a regular basis

Qualifications

• BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science
• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills (pre 2022) or equivalent
• Accreditation for final accuracy checking of prescriptions
• Medicines management accreditation or national equivalent

Registration & licences

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Experience of counselling patients on medication
• Experience of participating in audits

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of commonly used medicines
• Good verbal, written and electronic communication
• Analytical skills to access and abstract data from complex sources
• Ability to appraise options, make clear decisions and work under pressure
• IT skills in word processing, database and spreadsheet packages
• Attention to detail and ability to work from written procedures

Other

• Effective team player with good interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Awareness of and adherence to the Trust's vision, mission and values
• Awareness of and adherence to GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals

Nice to have

• Educational supervisor qualification (Propharmace or equivalent)
• Supervising and training others
• Experience of training staff and giving feedback
• Use of electronic pharmacy systems such as CMM
• Use of electronic prescribing systems such as Sunrise
• Experience of writing action plans
• Good presentation skills
• Membership of APTUK