Medicines Management Technician | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,720 - £39,769 pa pr inc Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kingston, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6201868/396-NN-6067063-ACS-Z-A |
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician, or a newly qualified Pharmacy Technician, wanting to develop in their role in medicines management. If you do not have the required experience / qualifications to meet the Band 5 position, you will join as a Band 4 and be supported to complete the necessary in-house training programme to progress to a Band 5 Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician.
Applications welcome from newly qualified or soon to be qualified Pharmacy Technicians on a Band 4 to 5 progression basis.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our newly established team of ward based clinical Pharmacy Technicians. You will be working alongside the pharmacy team and the wider MDT in a wide range of specialties, including: Surgery, Medicine, Elderly Care, Emergency Department and Aucte Medicine.
In addition to excellent communication and team-working skills, you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have completed an Accredited Medicines Management qualification. You must also hold an accredited Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification to be suitable for this post.
Kingston Hospital Pharmacy Departmentis a friendly, dynamic and innovative team, committed to providing an excellent medicines management / optimisation service.
Please note that if shortlisted for interview, these will be taking place on onsite at Kingston Hospital on Tuesday 12thMarch 2024, non transferable.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this, our five values are that we are all:
Caring– we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants
Safe– we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)
Responsible– all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.
Value each other– we all value each other’s contribution
Inspiring– we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients.
Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday’.
Provide a pharmaceutical service for inpatients at Kingston Hospital in line with Trust and National standards.
Complete medicines reconciliation within a timely manner to meet NICE guidance and highlight discrepancies to ward-pharmacist. Provide advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals on medication issues in order to achieve the best outcomes for the patients, as well as providing pharmaceutical training, supervision and support for colleagues.
Assess patients own drugs (POD) for re-use.
Adapt as required when working in different ward specialities.
Maintain APCT qualification by supporting the dispensary on a regular and ad hoc basis.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024