Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician – Emergency Medicine

Job overview

Exciting Opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician – Join Our Frontline Team at Royal Stoke Hospital

Maternity leave cover (fixed term) – Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician static in Emergency Medicine.

We are seeking a passionate, proactive and committed Pharmacy Technician who is eager to contribute to outstanding patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team following the recent implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA).

We take pride in supporting our staff throughout their career development and our strong retention rates reflect the value we place on nurturing individual growth.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work across emergency medicine clinical areas. They will be a key member of the clinical pharmacy team by facilitating the implementation, monitoring, and reporting for pharmacy and a wide range of medicines-related activities. These activities will include:

• Undertake medication histories and medicines reconciliation, prioritising patients on time critical medications, patients with medicine related admissions (e.g. falls) and patients that have been in A&E for a long period of time
• Assessing patients own medicines
• Ordering of non-stock time critical medicines using our electronic ordering system
• Undertake accuracy checking of ‘Take Home Prescriptions’ & critical medicines
• Gain consent for the discharge medicines service process (DMS)
• Assisting with relevant audits (Controlled drugs, fridge monitoring and any excursion issues)
• Assisting with clinical incident management & implementing actions to help prevent re-occurrence - linking in with Quality Nurses
• Co-ordinating discharge planning in conjunction with pharmacy and ward staff

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to develop their clinical knowledge.

This post offers the opportunity to gain line management and leadership experience. We offer a professionally rewarding career path with the opportunity for personal development along the way, in addition to the many other benefits you would expect from working in the NHS.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working 1 in 4 weekends on a rota basis with a compensatory rest day the following week is a core duty. There will also be a requirement to work a late night covering ACT duties in the dispensary.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Nicky Wilkinson – Lead Pharmacy Technician - Medicine.

For further details about this position, please contact the hiring manager.

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.