Medicines Optimisation Technician

Job overview

Band 5 (potential for band 4/5 development role)

Wanting to develop your career as a pharmacy technician? It’s an exciting time to join our pharmacy team and become part of a highly valued workforce. We are looking for a pharmacy technician with a keen interest in medicines management and making a difference in patient care.

If you have a passion for providing person centred care, want to help people with the use of their medicines and strive for patient safety, this is an exciting opportunity to work as a medicine’s optimisation technician based at both our Royal Cornwall Hospital and St Michael's Hospital sites.

You’ll be working as part of an established medicines optimisation team at ward level, consisting of other pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, working alongside the wider multidisciplinary team. You’ll also play a vital part in the general pharmacy, and as a member of the dispensary team you’ll be labelling, dispensing and final accuracy checking prescriptions.

This post will be split Monday to Wednesday at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, and Thursday and Friday at St Michael's Hospital, Hayle.

Main duties of the job

To work as a medicines optimisation technician and conduct medicines histories working in accordance with polices and procedures.

To complete ward-based medicines related tasks such as the ordering and supply of required medications, dealing with medications returns (including controlled drugs) and the assessing of patient own medications.

To conduct workplace audits.

To perform the final accuracy checking of prescriptions.

You will be required to manage your own workload and assist in the training and supervision of others.

We will help you develop your skills through a comprehensive induction training program for you to meet the requirements of a medicine’s optimisation technician at The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust. Recent experience of working in hospital Pharmacy is desirable, although full training is given, along with enrolment onto a final accuracy checking course or the medicines optimisation training program if needed to fulfil the duties of the job role.

This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

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https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.