Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Optimisation
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,530.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26530.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Haywards Heath, RH16 4EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9279-25-1123 |
Summary
Main duties for dispensary services: Prepare labels using the pharmacy computer system (CMM) from a requisition/prescription for both in-patients and out-patients, ensuring accurate data entry. Dispense for in-patients and out-patients from a requisition/prescription ensuring each item is accurately dispensed, and in the correct packaging, according to SOPs. Accurately record the batch numbers and expiry dates of named patient medications, unlicensed medications and human blood products according to pharmaceutical SOPs and national requirements. To perform the final accuracy check on dispensed items, from clinically screened prescriptions, on completion of National Accreditation Accredited Checking Technician course. Upon completion of in-house training and competencies, to label, dispense and check controlled drugs for wards/departments against a ward stock order, without the need for a final check. Main duties for medicines management: Complete in-house medicines optimisation training/competencies and work towards completion of medicines optimisation course by external providers Check patients own medicines brought into hospital on admission against the patients drug chart, according to patients own drugs (PODs) guideline Undertake drug history and medication reconciliation early in the admission process, making referrals as appropriate to a pharmacist. Resolve queries relating to patients medications, referring when necessary to pharmacists, hospital doctors, GPs, nurses and other health care professionals Transcribe for supply medications labelled for discharge, on an individual patient basis, against the patients drug chart, for patients on wards. According to POD guidelines Please see job description for further details.