Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Administration

Chesterfield Royal; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician (NHS AfC Band 5) to join the Urgent and Emergency Department. The role involves medicines administration, reconciliations and patient counselling as part of a dedicated team dedicated to patient safety and quality of care.

The post is permanent, full time (37.5 hours/week) with a salary of £32,073 – £39,043 per annum pro rata and standard NHS terms.

Qualifications

• Level 3 NVQ in pharmacy or equivalent.
• Experience of direct patient contact.
• Experience working with clinical staff and provision of information and advice.
• Experience of work at ward level.

Responsibilities

• Carry out medicines administration to inpatients in accordance with prescription requirements.
• Undertake competency-based training in preparation and administration of medicines.
• Accurately record administration of medicines on inpatient prescriptions and promote safe, timely administration.
• Provide information and advice to patients when administering medicines.
• Contribute to audits and data collection relating to medicines management.

Skills

Medicines management

Independent worker

CPD aware

Patient care improvement

Education

Level 3 NVQ pharmacy or equivalent

Job description

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NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Pharmacy Technician Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 166-ICD-8390020

Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you looking for something different to the usual pharmacy role? Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to develop your existing clinical skills and expand your knowledge?

If so, we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician to work in our state-of-the-art Urgent and Emergency Department and undertake Medicines Administration. This is a dedicated role at the forefront of emergency medicine where you will learn how to administer a range of medicines to a diverse cohort of patients.

The exciting role focuses on the administration of medicines following the successful completion of the medicines administration competencies. The role also includes undertaking medicines reconciliations, assessing patients’ suitability for self-administration, patient counselling and physical health monitoring.

We are a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team who are passionate about our service and dedicated to ensuring medicines safety is at the heart of patient care. This team includes other Medicines Administration Pharmacy Technicians, who are fully established in their roles.

Main duties of the job

You will be a proven team player, enjoy variety, thrive on managing your own workload and be seeking to further develop your career. This role will provide opportunities to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge. We are looking for someone with a desire to work closely with patients and to play a central role in the safe and effective use of medicines in the Emergency department.

The successful candidate will be provided with comprehensive training to enable them to succeed in, and to develop the role, including skills relating to medicines administration and physical health monitoring.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident in interacting with a diverse range of people and staff groups in a variety of settings.

Working for our organisation

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is North Derbyshire's only acute district general hospital, with 24 hour Emergency Department services; we're responsible for providing care and treatment to more than 400,000 people who live in our communities. We are modern, well-resourced and in commuting distance of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and close to the Peak District. The Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as ‘Good’. Our vision is to be an outstanding provider of sustainable healthcare services, delivering the best possible care to our patients and being a great place to work for our people

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY RESULT AREAS

• Carry out medicines administration to selected patent in accordance with prescription requirements
• To undertake competency based training in the preparation and administration of medicines
• To be competent in the administration of prescribed medicines to allocated inpatients against an inpatient prescription following the Trusts Medicines Management policy
• To undertake a range of checks on the preparation and administration of medicines including injectables, and Controlled Drugs in accordance with the Medicines Management policy
• To accurately record the administration of medicines on the inpatient prescription and promote the safe and timely administration of medicines.
• Offer information and advice to patients when administering medicines.
• To report any Adverse Drug Reaction(s) to a senior nurse or medical staff
• Support patients wishing to self-administer their own medicines
• To contribute to handover of patient related information to medical and nursing teams
• To work with nursing and medical staff to improve the quality of care provided to inpatients
• To identify and resolve, by referring to the prescriber, pharmacist or patients’ notes where necessary, problems and errors in prescribing of a technical nature
• To work with ward and dispensary based pharmacy teams to improve the quality and efficiency of medicines management to hospital inpatients, ensuring compliance with national standards (e.g. CQC, RPSGB)
• To dispense medicines in accordance with professional, legal and ethical standards and in agreement with departmental performance standards
• To provide a source of advice and expertise on matters relating to the provision of medicines and medicines information at discharge.
• To collect data relating to the activity of the post, undertake audits work and assessment of patient experience
• To use the electronic prescribing and medicines administration system (EPMA), ensuring that patient data is updated in a timely manner. To provide necessary training for medical and nursing staff, with regular updates if changes are made
• To support ward / department nursing staff in meeting the required standards for the Safe and Secure handling of medicines, including participation in Audit initiatives

Person specification

qualification

• Level 3 NVQ pharmacy or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of direct patient contact
• Working with clinical staff and provision of information and advice
• Experience of direct management / supervision of other staff
• Experience of work at ward level

skills

• Knowledge of modern medicines management philosophy and how this affects the technician role
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Aware of CPD
• Clear ideas on how their practice can improve patient care
• Evidence of CPD

personal attributes

• Professional appearance Mature Outlook
• Able to work independently
• Able to work under stress
• demonstrates proud to care values

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Kaye Stevenson/ Stacie Russon Job title Ward leader - ED Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01246 512006 Additional information

Kaye Stevenson - Matron , Emergency Department 01246 512006

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