Pharmacy Technician | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £30,279 - £33,116 Per annum inc |
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E1 1FR |
| Cwmni: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6327482/259-5503950RLH-F |
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The Pharmacy Department at Barts Health covers a population of 2.5 million. We provide medicines management and medicines optimisation services from our four hospital sites across the City of London and East London.
We require an experienced individual with drive, enthusiasm, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and an ability to work under pressure. You should be a team player, able to perform effectively within the pharmacy and wider healthcare settings.
In this role, you will be responsible for providing an accurate and efficient service in the pharmacy dispensary including supporting the Senior Pharmacy Technician in managing a busy department. This role will also include rotations on the Royal London Hospital site to rotate through the main dispensary, Satellite Dispensary and Medicines Management.
We would expect applicants to be highly motivated and responsible individuals with a passion for customer service and team work.
In return we can offer support to develop your career within a friendly and supportive team of professionals.
For this role you are required to be registered with the General pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). You should have experience within an inpatient hospital dispensing setting and experience in Supervising and training. You will also be required to hold or be working towards an accredited checking accreditation.
This is a rotational post which provides the post holder with the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, good work ethics and attitude following a guided programme of learning.
The post holder will have set objectives for each rotation and be expected to successfully complete the Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) and Medicines Optimisation Programmes
(MOP). Pharmacy Technician development is supported and achieved in the rotational programme at all of the rotations in the hospital. Pharmacy Technicians will therefore be expected to work across all
area within the Trust in line with the service needs
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Accurately label and dispense medication against all types of prescriptions and requisitions including; inpatients, TTAs, controlled drugs, clinical trials and chemotherapy to meet agreed delivery times as set by key performance indicators, minimising waiting times for patients.
Perform hatch duties including: receive and log in prescriptions, deal with queries and answer telephone call
To act as a work flow co-ordinator in the dispensary, liaising with the
senior pharmacy technicians.To deal with patients/service users/stakeholders who are discontented with aspects of the service and refer to a senior member of staff for a resolution.
To understand how the robot operates. Be able to deal with discrepancies and problems arising, or know who to refer to if you are unable to solve problems.
To help investigate stock level discrepancies within the dispensary in line with current procedures and to assist in maintaining accurate stock control including daily stock checks, expiry date checks and to report inaccuracies.
To participate in the disposal of expired pharmaceuticals, or appropriate return into stock of previously issued/dispensed items according to standard operating procedures.
To perform the stock check and expiry date check of the emergency drug
cupboard on a daily basis in line with standard operating procedures.
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To perform fridge temperature checks of relevant cold storage units.
To undertake the Accuracy checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) programme to be able to perform the role of an accuracy checking pharmacy technician.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024