About this role
Job summary
Part-time - 30 hours per week
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, band 4 Pharmacy technician. You will work alongside and support our clinical pharmacists to undertake a medicines management service in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team here at South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
Our trust offers mental health, community and learning disability services as well as providing a pharmacy service to two rehabilitation wards and a hospice.
We are a small pharmacy team, based at Kendray Hospital Barnsley. You will be expected to work effectively and efficiently, as part of a team, as well as independently. Having your own transport is essential as this role requires dispensing competencies to be maintained at Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield.
The successful candidate must be self-motivated with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you should also be able to prioritise your own workload and be a good team player.
Applicants must hold a BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences. You MUST be registered with the GPhC and be willing to undertake internal competency-based training as part of the role.
Applicants currently in the final year of the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science, NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy or equivalent will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will work with other professionals to provide a comprehensive pharmacy service on all in-patient wards and community areas.
Main Duties
- Managing, ordering, and maintaining stock levels.
- Undertaking medicines reconciliation on all newly admitted patients and checking patients own drugs (PODs).
- Drug history taking.
- Ordering medicines using the electronic prescribing system (EPMA).
- Facilitating discharge and leave prescriptions.
- Delivering safe, effective, and efficient systems by reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.
- Maintaining accurate clinical records in a timely manner.
- Carry out medicines assurance checks in line with key safety standards.
- To ensure all work-based validations are up to date.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.
At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.
We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.
About us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Summary
To work with the senior technicians in the locality to provide a technical pharmacy service to the Inpatient and Outpatient areas across the locality including checking patients own medication on admission.
Maintain competencies by undertaking both in-house and nationally recognised validations as appropriate.
Maintain competencies for dispensing of medications.
To ensure patient information leaflets are available on allocated units and in identified areas and keep all pharmacy information up to date.
To ensure stocks of medicines are available on all allocated wards and departments through the named patient and stock top up service.
Working to standard operating procedures (SOPs) provide pharmacy service to allocated units/ wards.
Key Result Areas
Check patients own medication on admission in line with departmental procedures. Participate in the medication supply and topping-up service at ward/team base level, to allocated units, to ensure adequate stocks are maintained for patient care. To assess their suitability of medicines, and record findings using the pharmacy prescribing system. Identify any discrepancies and liaise with the appropriate healthcare professional. Participate in patient counselling regarding medicines as appropriate. Ensure the appropriate receipt, processing, storage and stock control of medicines and other supplies. Reporting via medicines assurance process. Respond to enquiries and requests from staff, patients, and carers, in accordance with individual competence and departmental policy. Assist the technician managers, in the development and monitoring of SOPs. Assist in the distribution of information and polices to all wards, and departments as necessary. Participate in pharmacy related audits as appropriate. Participate in the supply of Clozapine to a specific group of patients ensuring compliance with the SOPs (e.g. blood tests have been taken, results obtained, valid prescriptions received, and medication dispensed and collected in a timely manner). Perform stock take both within the dispensary and at ward/ department level. Liaise with nursing staff concerning the use of medicines and to advise on the safe and secure storage of medicines at ward level. Comply with the Trust's Medicine Code. To ensure errors/mistakes are reported via the trusts incident reporting system. Use of pharmacy and other computer systems in the course of performing these duties. To answer telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups, patients, and carers and refer appropriate queries to the relevant members of the pharmacy team. For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
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Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of working in a UK pharmacy either community or hospital. Use of pharmacy procurement and dispensing systems.
Desirable
Hospital pharmacy experience. Experience of working in mental health pharmacy. Linking with community pharmacies, home care. Managing supplies for offsite unit and teams
Physical Attributes Essential
Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Training Desirable
Medicines management training
Personal Attributes Essential
Self-motivated. Team player. Attention to detail. Well-motivated, enthusiastic, and adaptable. Commitment to CPD. Understanding of mental health related issues.
Desirable
A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Qualifications Essential
NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or similar nationally recognized qualification in pharmaceutical sciences. Current registration as pharmacy technician in UK
Special Knowledge/Skills Essential
Pharmaceutical Waste management. Misuse of drugs act 197. Regulations on Controlled Drugs in Primary and secondary care. Good communication skills both oral and written. Good time management & organisational skills. Good computer / IT skills
Desirable
Hospital computer systems JAC. Knowledge and experience of dispensing prescriptions for service users with mental health problems.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Address Kendray Hospital
Doncaster Road
Barnsley
S Yorkshire
S70 3RD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)