Principal Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, Registered Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable post qualification experience, who wants to make a real difference to patient care, to join our successful team and contribute to developing our services and continuing to extend the technician role.

Applicants should hold a Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy technician.

Duties will include:

Leading all dispensary pharmaceutical staff in providing and developing the technical aspects of the pharmaceutical service.

To deputise for the Chief Technician in their absence, as necessary, in managing and coordinating the delivery of all the technical aspects of the department’s medicines management system.

The post will require participation in rotas that extend into early evening, weekends, and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• To dispense and manage dispensing of prescriptions for in-patients, outpatients, patients being discharged from hospital; day case patients and mental health leave patients in accordance with standard labelling; relevant dispensary and computer procedures and safe systems of work practice

• To manage the dispensary rota for Senior ATO staff, liaising with the Clinical Services and Education and Training Technician as necessary, deploying staff effectively to manage the workload.
• To record or manage dispensary based staff to ensure that relevant details recorded on prescriptions comply with all legal requirements and liaises with medical and nursing staff as necessary.

4. To handle prescriptions and manage dispensary based staff and volunteers handling prescriptions to determine if patients are liable to pay prescription charges, collect charges/check proof of payment or issue promise to pay forms as appropriate. Ensure that documentation is completed for patients that are exempt from payment or are unable to pay.

5. To issue and supervise the issuing of pharmaceutical products being collected by hospital staff, patients, representatives or carers.

6. To dispense and supervise the dispensing of Controlled Drugs and ensure accurate record-keeping of receipt of orders and issues to and returns from wards and departments. Ensure regular audits of the accuracy of computer and paper records and stock balances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.