Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Care of the Elderly

Job overview

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our team at Ipswich Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to help the department develop and progress the clinical pharmacy service within Care of the Elderly practice.

You will be based within the Pharmacy department but will spend a significant amount of time working at ward level; being fully integrated within the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the delivery of all aspects of pharmacy service to these high risk patients.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. As well as direct one-to-one training, the department provides pharmacy forums, clinical huddles and other educational activity. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full, site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

Main duties of the job

About our Pharmacy Service

Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to Care of the Elderly and Frailty patients in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.

Provide a key level of support to the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Care of the Elderly patients.

Ensure optimum patient flow within the speciality by prioritising discharge and other key aspects of patient care; in accordance with Trust initiatives and procedures.

Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within the specific areas of working.

Assist senior multidisciplinary colleagues in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner within the respected speciality

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.