Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata per annum |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Cwmni: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7400684/319-7400684JA |
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A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and determined, forward thinking pharmacy technician to join our clinical pharmacy team.
The successful candidate will participate in the delivery of a patient focused, clinical service to medical patients and surgical patients as well as supporting the governance and patient safety program in designated areas. They will participate in pre-assessment clinics, support accuracy checking roster and the weekend and bank holiday roster.
Key to this will be developing the role of the clinical technician, looking at innovative ways to improve medicines optimisation for our patients
There will be opportunities to lead on quality improvement and service evaluation projects. In addition to the potential to develop clinically though vocational and accredited training courses and sessions.
This post is based at the North Tyneside General Hospital although there is an expectation that the post holder would work closely with colleagues at all sites to support continuing patient care and flow. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in the weekend rota and cover accuracy checking slots.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Within your area of responsibility, you will:
Provide safe and high-quality patient care
Ensure the safe delivery of medicines management related to medication within the trust
Support medicine and surgical colleagues with appropriate advice
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
To provide technical support on pharmaceutical matters, medicines management issues and medicines legislation within a delegated area of responsibility on a routine basis, but also, whenever required, to other specialist areas e.g. ward/clinical setting, aseptic services. The role will require team working as part of the many multidisciplinary teams as outlined above, as well as a need to be able to work independently and be self-motivated.
To deliver on a delegated area of responsibility on a departmental basis e.g. Health and Safety, management of patients on clozapine, staff rosters, over-labelling or emergency drug cupboard.
To participate in a weekend pharmacy service and relevant bank holiday
arrangements (unless otherwise agreed upon appointment).
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic and determined, forward thinking pharmacy technician to join our clinical pharmacy team.
The successful candidate will participate in the delivery of a patient focused, clinical service to medical patients and surgical patients as well as supporting the governance and patient safety program in designated areas. They will participate in pre-assessment clinics, support accuracy checking roster and the weekend and bank holiday roster.
Key to this will be developing the role of the clinical technician, looking at innovative ways to improve medicines optimisation for our patients
There will be opportunities to lead on quality improvement and service evaluation projects. In addition to the potential to develop clinically though vocational and accredited training courses and sessions.
This post is based at the North Tyneside General Hospital although there is an expectation that the post holder would work closely with colleagues at all sites to support continuing patient care and flow. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in the weekend rota and cover accuracy checking slots.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Within your area of responsibility, you will:
Provide safe and high-quality patient care
Ensure the safe delivery of medicines management related to medication within the trust
Support medicine and surgical colleagues with appropriate advice
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
To provide technical support on pharmaceutical matters, medicines management issues and medicines legislation within a delegated area of responsibility on a routine basis, but also, whenever required, to other specialist areas e.g. ward/clinical setting, aseptic services. The role will require team working as part of the many multidisciplinary teams as outlined above, as well as a need to be able to work independently and be self-motivated.
To deliver on a delegated area of responsibility on a departmental basis e.g. Health and Safety, management of patients on clozapine, staff rosters, over-labelling or emergency drug cupboard.
To participate in a weekend pharmacy service and relevant bank holiday
arrangements (unless otherwise agreed upon appointment).
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025