Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

To provide quality, effective pharmacy services to improve patient care including technical and clinical services, and to assist in education and training of pharmacy and nursing staff.

To promote further development of the pharmacy technician’s role within the Trust.

Key Area 1:Medication Management

Key Area 2: Supply of Drugs

Key Area 3: Patient Care

Main duties of the job

• Provision of a quality service, demonstrating reliability in completing medication drug histories and skill in non-routine tasks e.g. advising patients/carers on medication issues or handling routine drug queries within communities and GPs
• Development of and participation in Community Mental Health Team duties to include medicines reconciliation, assessment of PODs, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, and liaising with other healthcare professionals to gather relevant information on current medication and compliance status of patients
• Assistance in the review and management of the shared care procedures within the Wigan community teams.
• Contribute to development and implementation of policies and procedures within the department and those impacting across services
• Supervise and train new starters within Wigan communities  in the provision of an effective and efficient pharmacy services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)