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Pre-Registration Student Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,530.00 to £29,114.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26530.00 - £29114.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE18 4QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9197-25-0424 |
Summary
JOB PURPOSE To train as a pharmacy technician to undertake technical work under supervision. To participate in rotation as a full team-member providing services according to current procedures in dispensary, distribution, and wards. This is a fixed term post of 2 years for the period of training only. There is no guarantee that candidates who fail either year will be employed to repeat the year or that successful candidates will be offered employment as a qualified technician. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Training To undertake the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians qualification, which will be a mixture of studying and showing competence within the workplace. This may require working additional hours occasionally and some study will be required outside of working hours for completion of assignments competency paperwork. To learn and practice good teamwork, good communication techniques and customer care. To participate fully in the development of own learning and proactively seek learning opportunities, meeting deadlines as agreed. Dispensary To accurately dispense prescriptions for both in and outpatients. Prescription types will include outpatients; inpatients; discharges; controlled drugs and clinical trials. This will involve inputting of patients details into the Pharmacy computer system and subsequently produce dispensing labels. The label, prescription and product are collected together and assembled. Any additional items such as spoons, bags etc are also added. The prepared items are checked for accuracy and passed to the pharmacist/accredited technician for final checking. To receive drug charts and prescriptions from the inpatient hatch and record details in the dispensary logs. To answer queries, both in the telephone and in person, with medical, nursing staff and patients and seek help from a pharmacist when necessary. To help investigate stock level discrepancies within the dispensary in line with current procedures. To perform the stock check of the emergency cupboard ensuring correct temperature and medicine expiry dates. To issue completed prescriptions and controlled drug supplies to ward staff. To undertake training to be able to accurately check the final dispensing of others. Medicines Management 1. To undertake the in house medicines management training for ward based pharmacy technicians 2. To work on designated wards and perform a range of pharmacy related duties in accordance with set procedures. 3. To assist the Pharmacists and Medicines Management Technicians at ward level in providing a medicines management service to the wards. 4. To reduce wastage of medicines by assisting with medication transfer within the trust. 5. To be a point of contact for healthcare professionals and pharmacy staff on ward related issues. 6. To participate in the dispensing of pharmaceuticals for in-patients and support ward dispensing initiatives. 7. To ensure that clinical areas are adequately stocked with pharmaceuticals and according to departmental standards. 8. To complete all necessary training to meet the standards required for working at ward level. 9. To identify new patients and complete medicines reconciliations on admission, along with the clinical pharmacist, highlighting any discrepancies/missed items 10. Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with members of the healthcare team and pharmacy team to support a seamless medicines management process