Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in England is seeking a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician for maternity leave cover, based in Emergency Medicine. The role supports the pharmacy team with EPMA implementation and ongoing medicines management to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.

The successful candidate will undertake histories, reconciliations, medicines assessment, orders for non-stock items, accuracy checking, discharge processes, and contribute to audits and incident

Responsibilities

• Undertake medication histories and medicines reconciliation, prioritising patients on time critical medications, patients with medicine related admissions and patients that have been in A&E for a long period of time
• Assessing patients own medicines
• Ordering of non-stock time critical medicines using our electronic ordering system
• Undertake accuracy checking of 'Take Home Prescriptions' & critical medicines
• Gain consent for the discharge medicines service process (DMS)
• Assisting with relevant audits (Controlled drugs, fridge monitoring and any excursion issues)
• Assisting with clinical incident management & implementing actions to help prevent re-occurrence - linking in with Quality Nurses
• Co-ordinating discharge planning in conjunction with pharmacy and ward staff

Job description

Maternity leave cover (fixed term) - Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician static in Emergency Medicine. We are seeking a passionate, proactive and committed Pharmacy Technician who is eager to contribute to outstanding patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team following the recent implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA). We take pride in supporting our staff throughout their career development and our strong retention rates reflect the value we place on nurturing individual growth., The successful candidate will work across emergency medicine clinical areas. They will be a key member of the clinical pharmacy team by facilitating the implementation, monitoring, and reporting for pharmacy and a wide range of medicines-related activities. These activities will include:

• Undertake medication histories and medicines reconciliation, prioritising patients on time critical medications, patients with medicine related admissions (e.g. falls) and patients that have been in A&E for a long period of time
• Assessing patients own medicines
• Ordering of non-stock time critical medicines using our electronic ordering system
• Undertake accuracy checking of 'Take Home Prescriptions' & critical medicines
• Gain consent for the discharge medicines service process (DMS)
• Assisting with relevant audits (Controlled drugs, fridge monitoring and any excursion issues)
• Assisting with clinical incident management & implementing actions to help prevent re-occurrence - linking in with Quality Nurses
• Co-ordinating discharge planning in conjunction with pharmacy and ward staff

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust. At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.