Senior Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Management | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,720 - £39,769 p.a. inc. Outer London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Harefield, UB9 6JH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6267966/196-LIS8476 |
Summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a senior pharmacy technician to join the Pharmacy team at Harefield Hospital. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised technician to support and develop medicines management on the cardiothoracic and transplant wards. This role is an ideal opportunity for a technician looking to progress in their career and to specialise in these innovative and exciting fields. Experience in ward based medicines management is essential for this role. As a Senior Pharmacy Medicines Management technician you will:
• Lead the provision of medicines management to patients’ on the cardiothoracic and transplant wards.
• Lead on medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, patient self-administration of medicine (SAM) schemes, reuse of patient’s own medicines, homecare services and ward stock management .
• Have the opportunity to qualify as an Educational Supervisor for student technicians and ATOs.
• Support the development of our medicines management services to the wards at an exciting time of transitional change.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality medicines management service.
• To lead on medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, reuse of patients own medicines and management of ward stock.
• To counsel patients on the use of their current medication and any new medication that is started by the Trust.
• To help lead the provision of the use of patients own drugs (POD’s) and patient self-administration of medicine (SAM) schemes.
• To act as an Educational Supervisor for student technicians and ATOs.
• Participate and lead in the development and maintenance of home care services, including generating homecare prescriptions.
• Work as an accredited checking technician in the dispensary and at a ward level.
• To provide support for clinical pharmacists.
• To liaise with and support dispensary services
• To liaise with and support nursing staff.
• To deliver patient group education
You will have:
Experience of relevant hospital pharmacy work and be registered with the GPHC
Hold the ACPT qualification
Hold AIMMS or MOP qualification or willing to undertake
Hold the Educational Supervisor qualification or willing to undertake
Have excellent organisational and time management skills and good customer service and communication skills
Evidence of effective team working
Experience of counselling patients
Evidence of good problem solving skills
Motivated and a “can do attitude”
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibilities of this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024