Medicines Management Hospital Support Technician

Main duties of the job

The role will include supporting teams and patients in a variety of care environments – primarily community hospitals but also virtual wards and patient’s own homes. Always ensuring that the best is obtained from medicines.

• Improve near-patient services by managing medication on the ward, including stock/assessing patient’s own medicines.
• Electronic ordering of medicines.
• Confirming medication histories with patients and reconciling medicines.
• Counselling patients about new medicines.
• Liaising with clinical pharmacists, multidisciplinary team (MDT) members and primary care colleagues.
• SOPs and safe systems development and provision.
• Facilitate the effective discharge of patients and their medicines. This may include supporting patients and care staff post discharge.

Qualifications and / or Knowledge

• Current registration with the GPHC
• Accredited Checking Technician qualification held, or relevant experience Medicines Management accredited

Experience

• Experience in Specialist Pharmacy Technician ward-based or Medicines Management role
• Experience of POD’s scheme
• Experience of working with electronic Pharmacy systems

Aptitude and Abilities

• Ability to train and convey knowledge to others, where information may be sensitive
• Ability to communicate complex information and use appropriate questioning techniques and documentation methods to ensure understanding
• Able to make judgements on immediate priorities for work
• Able to analyse usage patterns, activity data to plan ward stock etc
• Able to work on own initiative as well as part of team
• Knowledge of relevant Pharmacy/Medicines legislation
• Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn.
• Ability to plan rotas, supervise junior support staff

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.

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