Medicines Management Technician

Job overview

York Hospital Pharmacy department are looking to recruit a well-motivated, forward-thinking professional to join our friendly team.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

You will need to hold a recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences, NVQ level 3 or equivalent) and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. We are recruiting Pharmacy Technicians ideally with hospital experience, but welcome applications from community technicians.

Also, we welcome applications from those who are newly qualified or students due to qualify in the next 3 months.

A full induction and training will be provided to the successful candidate

Core service hours are Monday to Friday 08:45 – 17:15 and you will contribute to the weekend rota (roughly 1 in 8) and bank holiday rota (roughly 1 per year).

Main duties of the job

Your role as an MMT will involve:

• Completing medicines reconciliations on patients ensuring the inpatient record is a true reflection of what the patient was taking prior to admission
• Assessing Patient’s Own Drugs (PODs) and checking their suitability for use
• Ordering medication for patients via the dispensary to ensure patients doses aren’t missed
• Counselling patients and/or carers on medication including the supply of appropriate leaflets
• Supporting the timely discharge of patients
• Participating in the dispensary to support with Accuracy Checking and/or dispensing duties and unlicensed medication releasing
• Acting as a role model to junior staff members as well as supervising, providing support and training
• Participating in audits to support service improvement

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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