Senior Pharmacy Technician Rotational

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to join a rotational, senior team across Medicines Management, Dispensary Services and Pharmacy Technical Services.

The post holder will support and supervise Medicines Management Assistants and trainee staff, driving medicines optimisation and safe, high-quality patient care within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Pharmacy Technician in a hospital setting.
• Experience across medicines optimisation and ward-based care is desirable.
• Ability to supervise and train junior staff and assistants.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines management services across specified wards.
• Work with near patient dispensing team to supply medications in hospital and at discharge.
• Liaise with ward staff and healthcare professionals to resolve medication discrepancies.
• Provide patient advice about medications.

Skills

Medicines management

Dispensing

Staff training

Leadership

Accredited Checking Technician

Chemotherapy compounding

Job description

The Pharmacy Department is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our rotational senior pharmacy technician team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to gain experience while rotating across Medicines Management, Dispensary Services, and Pharmacy Technical Services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred pharmacy care across the Trust.

The post holder will contribute to the work of the Pharmacy Service by delivering the department's vision of an excellent Medicines Optimisation service. They will become an effective and proactive member of the team, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of care and providing advice, support, and leadership on medicines management across inpatient wards and clinical areas.

The post holder will be expected to support and supervise the work of Medicines Management Assistants, trainee pharmacy technicians, and trainee pharmacists, providing guidance and support in ward-based, dispensary, and technical services activities as part of their rotations.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a motivated technician to develop a broad range of skills while becoming a key member of the pharmacy team. The successful candidate will help ensure that all aspects of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services are delivered in line with Trust policies, professional standards, and patient safety principles

Main duties of the job

• To provide a medicines management service to a range of specialty ward across the hospital site.
• To work as part of the near patient dispensing team supplying medication to patients both during their stay and at point of discharge.
• To liaise with all ward staff and other healthcare professionals regarding discrepancies with patients medication to improve patient care .
• To provide advise to patients regarding their medication.
• To act as a role model and help train new and junior members of staff.
• To participate in the Accredited checking technician dispensary role
• To contribute to the economic effective and efficient supply of medication to all wards.
• In the dispensary rotation: to assist the Dispensary and Distribution Manager and their deputy in running a highly efficient and safe inpatient dispensary service ensuring the safety, quality and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets are met.
• In the Technical services rotation: to assist and supervise, to a high quality, the provision of a chemotherapy compounding service and ensure the safe accurate provision of supportive medication. To support the roles of and work under the supervision of the Chief Technician & Accountable Pharmacist.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.