Specials Pharmacy Technician with Rotational Duties

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A pediatric hospital in Liverpool is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support medication safety and efficiency. The role includes engaging with patients, dispensing prescriptions, and ensuring accurate communication with healthcare teams. Ideal candidates will display attention to detail and possess a relevant qualification. A supportive training program is offered.

Benefits

Commitment to staff development

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Candidates must demonstrate experience fulfilling competency-based requirements.
• Preferred recent hospital experience, although paediatric experience is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Organize and supervise the delivery and development of the 'specials' service.
• Dispense and check prescriptions accurately in designated areas.
• Engage and communicate effectively with patients and colleagues.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of GMP

Education

BTEC Professional Diploma in Dispensing Checking

Job description

Pharmacy Technicians play an integral role within the pharmacy team, supporting the safe and effective use of medicines, using their knowledge and skills to dispense and issue prescriptions, extemporaneously prepare medicines, and final accuracy check medicines in the in-patient, out-patient dispensary and at ward level.

The successful candidate will primarlily undertake and assist in the organisation, supervision, delivery and development of the 'specials' service, whilst also rotating through different areas of the department. They will need to be self motivated and capable of working methodically and accurately with the desire to further develop their knowledge and skills.

Candidates must be patient focused and passionate about upholding Trust values in order to provide the best possible service.

Candidates will be recruited at Band 4 unless they hold a BTEC Professional Diploma in Dispensing Checking /Cheshire and Merseyside checking framework and can demonstrate their experience to fulfill other competency based requirements.

Candidates should preferably have recent hospital experience although previous paediatric experience is not essential. A full induction and training programme will be made available from experienced mentors.

To ensure a timely delivery service of ‘specials’ products to patients. This will include recruiting patients to the scheme, using your organisational and communications skills to effectively plan and organise workload, liaising with patients/carers, consultants and G.P.s/CCG Medicines Management Teams and tracking of medication to enable timely delivery.

Accuracy and good attention to detail are essential to support, supervise and monitor the ‘specials’ database and email accounts ensuring all information is accurate and current and to highlight any discrepancies in a timely manner.

Accurately dispense , final accuracy check and issue prescriptions in a designated area of work, providing a robust and efficient technical service to the in-patient, out-patient, Clinical Research facility, Oncology satellite and ward based services.

Effectively engaging and communicating with patients and colleagues to support the correct use and administration of medicines

To participate in the assembly and preparation of extemporaneous products demonstrating GMP and adhering to Health and Safety and COSHH requirements.

Band 4 Technicians rotate through various areas of the department, offering the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills to support their development and progression to the Band 5 role

Band 5 Technicians support the ward based service and participate in Final Accuracy checking.

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a stand alone paediatric hospital located on the outskirts of Liverpool with a national reputation for excellence. It recently featured in the award winning BBC documentary “Hospital”. A brilliant team of pharmacist and technicians provide pharmacy services to a wide range of paediatric surgical and medical specialties. The pharmacy teams are innovative, caring and compassionate and work well together.

We are committed to staff development and value our Technician’s dedication and hard work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Drury Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01512525669

Julie Drury - Chief Pharmacy Technician

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