Pharmacy Technician (Junior)

Job overview

To work within the dispensary team and with the clinical pharmacy team supporting the supply of medication to inpatients on the wards, to support patient flow through timely processing of discharge medication. Duties will include but not limited to: stock management, participating in audits, final accuracy checking of medication, dispensing, training and supporting junior staff, quality improvement projects and meeting KPIs.

Main duties of the job

• Final Accuracy checking of medications
• Dispensing medications
• To provide additional pharmacy services such as providing FP10s, dispense or final accuracy check extemporaneously prepared medication
• To support with training of junior support staff
• Handing out the final dispensed product including counselling for patients, carers or healthcare professionals as required.
• Receiving, documenting, storing and disposing of Controlled Drugs with Pharmacist or authorised witnesses as per local policy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To accurately complete calculations associated with prescriptions.
• Communicate and delays in medication supply to the ward pharmacist and/or ward staff.
• To signpost patients to other healthcare professionals who may be able to assist with advice or compliance queries.
• To report incidents using Incident reporting system.
• To adhere to health and safety requirements including safe manual handling and lifting, and safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and other hazardous medicines.
• Expected to comment on and when required review the content of Standard Operating Procedures and follow revised editions.
• Prioritisation of own work and to assist other members of the dispensary team when required.
• Working in the inpatient pharmacy dispensing and checking inpatient medication, TTO’s Clinical trials and Controlled Drugs as required.
• Frequent requirement to bend/stretch when working in the inpatient pharmacy.
• To support with audits to demonstrate service quality and where necessary collect any data triggered by a patient safety alert.
• To communicate with other members of the pharmacy team to ensure effective and safe patient care.
• To communicate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe medication administration and storage.
• To communicate with ward-based staff and the discharge teams to facilitate patients discharge.
• To support junior staff with training as required.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.