SP260097 - Clinical Pharmacy Technician

NHS Grampian; Aberdeen City; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NHS Grampian is seeking a ward technician to join the pharmacy team, providing high‑level support to clinical pharmacists and contributing to patient care within hospital services.

The role includes assessing patients' own supply, ordering prescriptions, and managing discharge supplies, in partnership with the pharmacist. Training and supervising less experienced technicians and assistants are key duties.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with ACT qualification or working towards it.
• Experience supporting clinical pharmacists in a hospital setting preferred.
• Ability to supervise junior technicians and assistants.

Responsabilités

• Assess and check patients' own supply and manage queries of supply.
• Assist in ordering and coordinating prescriptions and supply for discharge.

Connaissances

Clinical pharmacy support

Training supervision

Communication with pharmacists

Formation

Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT) qualification

Description du poste

This post is involved in working as part of the ward technician team to provide support at a higher level to the clinical pharmacists, and is part of the pharmacy service within NHS Grampian that provides the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients.

It involves assessing and checking of patients own supply, ordering and dealing with any queries of supply, assisting in the organisation of prescriptions and supply for discharge.

Works closely with the pharmacist and will be required to train and supervise less experienced technicians and assistants.

Applications are invited from registered technicians with suitable relevant experience.

An accuracy checking technician (ACT) qualification is required and if not already held, must be undertaken.

Informal enquires to Ivey Petty, e-mail [e-mail]

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.