Junior Pharmacy Technician – Inpatient Dispensary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Winchester is seeking a Junior Pharmacy Technician to join the dispensary team supporting inpatient medication supply and discharge processes. The role involves dispensing, accuracy checking, stock management, and contributing to audits and KPIs.

This contract role offers a pro rata salary of £28,392–£31,157 per annum for full-time hours, with potential accommodation support; employment at three sites including Winchester.

Responsibilities

• Final Accuracy checking of medications
• Dispensing medications
• To provide additional pharmacy services such as providing FP10s, dispense or final accuracy check extemporaneously prepared medication
• To support with training of junior support staff
• Handing out the final dispensed product including counseling for patients, carers or healthcare professionals as required.
• Receiving, documenting, storing and disposing of Controlled Drugs with Pharmacist or authorised witnesses as per local policy
• To accurately complete calculations associated with prescriptions.
• Communicate and delays in medication supply to the ward pharmacist and/or ward staff.
• To signpost patients to other healthcare professionals who may be able to assist with advice or compliance queries.
• To report incidents using Incident reporting system.
• To adhere to health and safety requirements including safe manual handling and lifting, and safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and other hazardous medicines.
• Expected to comment on and when required review the content of Standard Operating Procedures and follow revised editions.
• Prioritisation of own work and to assist other members of the dispensary team when required.
• Working in the inpatient pharmacy dispensing and checking inpatient medication, TTO’s Clinical trials and Controlled Drugs as required.
• Frequent requirement to bend/stretch when working in the inpatient pharmacy.
• To support with audits to demonstrate service quality and where necessary collect any data triggered by a patient safety alert.
• To communicate with other members of the pharmacy team to ensure effective and safe patient care.
• To communicate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe medication administration and storage.
• To communicate with ward-based staff and the discharge teams to facilitate patients discharge.
• To support junior staff with training as required.

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Winchester is seeking a Junior Pharmacy Technician to join the dispensary team supporting inpatient medication supply and discharge processes. The role involves dispensing, accuracy checking, stock management, and contributing to audits and KPIs.

This contract role offers a pro rata salary of £28,392–£31,157 per annum for full-time hours, with potential accommodation support; employment at three sites including Winchester.