Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician – Band 4
Are you ready for a new challenge? Are you passionate about delivering outstanding pharmacy services in a fast paced hospital environment? If so then we want to hear from you.
An opportunity has arisen at Croydon Health Services (CHS) for a Band 4 – Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician. The successful applicant will share our vision, be committed to our values and goals, and deliver the best care to our patients.
We welcome applications from individuals with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. Applicants must also possess the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, be adaptable, work under pressure, problem solve, have a patient‑centred attitude and be motivated to strive for continued improvement.
Requirements
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician
- Accredited Checking Qualification (ACPT) or near completion of the course
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a team that provides a high quality, patient focused medicines management service to the wards. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses and liaise with colleagues within primary care.
Your tasks will include:
- Medication histories, tailored patient consultations
- Supporting timely medicines reconciliation and medicine adherence assessments, support flow, social and community enablement
- Support reduction in medicines wastage & carbon footprint, reduction in missed, delayed and omitted doses
- Labelling, dispensing and checking duties within our Satellite Pharmacy and within the main dispensary when required
- Contribute to service improvement projects and CIPS (Cost improvement Programmes)
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience of working as a medicines management technician
- Dispensing experience
- Previous experience of training / supervision of other staff
- Demonstrates ability to deal with the general public and demonstrates empathy and sensitivity to patients’ needs when required
- Primary care experience
- Patient medication counselling
- Conducting / being involved with quality improvement
- Electronic prescribing
Knowledge
- Good knowledge of clinical pharmacy and role of a medicines management technician
- Understanding of a hospital environment
- Good IT skills and knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
- Good understanding of working effectively within an MDT team
- Good understanding of medicines optimisation
- Knowledge of regulations, legislation and pharmacy standards of conduct
- Knowledge of cost improvement or other efficiency or savings programmes
Qualification
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
- NVQ in Pharmacy Services Level 3 with BTEC or equivalent
- Evidence of commitment to CPD and maintains an up‑to‑date CPD portfolio
- National accredited Checking Qualification (or working towards)
- National Medicines Management Course or equivalent or evidence of competence
Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrates communication (written and oral), organisational and problem solving skills
- Accurate with good attention to detail
- Excellent customer care and near patient care service
- Ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrates the ability to work and concentrate whilst coping with interruptions and distractions
- Personal awareness of limitations
- Friendly and supportive, highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic
- Upholds and models the trust values
- Reliable, polite and approachable
- Self‑motivated and ability to motivate others / act as a role model
- Presentation skills
- Involvement in projects / audits
- JAC literate
- Member of APTUK
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.
£33,262 to £36,027 a year, inclusive of HCAS (Outer)
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