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About the job
Job summary
Calling all newly qualified &community-basedPharmacy Technicians!
We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive, innovative and friendly pharmacy team in the provision of excellent hospital pharmacy services.
This post will be of interest to Preregistration Pharmacy Technicians nearing qualification & registration or Pharmacy Technicians looking to take their first step into hospital pharmacy from other sectors.
We offer rotation through a range of pharmacy service areas, including the clinical & technical ward service, dispensary services & aseptic services, and have a great track record of developing our team through our commitment to ongoing training and our comprehensive STEP programme (see Career Pathways attachment below).
Successful candidates will hold current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC, or will be due to register in the near future. You will have a commitment to your continued professional development and the provision of an excellent standard of pharmacy service.
Main duties of the job
To carry out dispensing of drugs (including controlled drugs), medicateddressings, enteral feeds, in-patients and A&E prescriptions and clinical trialprescriptions.
Job responsibilities
To perform a final accuracy check of dispensed items.
To give routine clinical and pharmaceutical advice to healthcare staff if confident to do so and within the knowledge limitations of the grade.
To counsel patients as appropriate in order to ensure the safe and effective use and storage of their medicines.
To liaise with ward pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and ward staff in determining appropriate pharmaceuticals stock levels, for the production and updating of ward-stock lists and to assist in the provision of advice to ward staff on the storage and handling of pharmaceuticals.
To check, maintain and replenish the out of hours drug cupboard and resuscitation cupboard.
To participate in the topping-up service for wards/departments in the hospital and outside units as required.
To participate in stock replenishment procedures in all areas of the pharmacy.
To monitor the continued suitability of pharmaceutical stock on wards and in departments and to arrange the appropriate removal/destruction in accordance with environmental regulations.
To monitor and record drug storage temperatures within the Pharmacy and on wards/departments during the top-up and to alert section managers of any discrepancies.
Ensure the security of the pharmacy department and stores areas at all times during working hours and at the end of the working day by maintaining responsibility for keys and swipe access cards and by the setting of alarms as necessary.
To carry out accurate entry of data into the Pharmacy computer system.
To assist in the maintenance of the Controlled Drugs Register and to carry out regular stock level checks of Controlled Drugs in line with legal responsibilities.
To carry out aseptic preparation following completion of the in-house aseptic training programme.
To participate in the ward-based Medicines Management service when appropriate and under the supervision of a Medicines Management Technician.
To undertake disposal of cytotoxic drug waste in accordance with COSHH regulations.
To assist in the individual and group training of pharmacy assistants (ATOs), senior ATOs, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pre-Registration Pharmacist students.
To assist section managers in the orientation, induction and training of pharmacy staff new to those sections, and to contribute to the training of the Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians.
To contribute ideas for improving cost-effectiveness and to assist in their implementation where agreed.
To participate in the weekend and Bank Holiday rota including handling of boxes of intravenous fluids and other bulk products.
To process cash and cheque transactions for over the counter sales of medicines and for private prescriptions, as required.
To undertake other duties at the base hospital and outside units as required by the Pharmacy Operations Lead, in accordance with this grade of post.
Relationships:
Managed by the section manager to which allocated.
Supervises pharmacy assistants (ATOs) and senior ATOs in the section of work to which allocated.
Works and co-operates with all pharmacy and healthcare staff in the provision of services
About the employer
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
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