Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

The key focus of this role is to deliver quality care to patients at ward level through the implementation of an  efficient medicines management system.

This will include the assessment of patient’s own drugs, original pack  dispensing, patient consultation skills, coordinating the supply of discharge medication and oral  chemotherapy counselling. The role will also involve satellite dispensary-based responsibilities, procurement  of outsourced, dose banded and compassionate use SACT, as well as scheduling and co-ordinating  chemotherapy treatment for patients in our day unit using iQemo.

Main duties of the job

• Participate in and encourage an open communication climate providing feedback to staff on performance and developmental issues.  • Actively promote cost-effective purchasing, distribution, storage/ stock control and appropriate use of medicines in the best interests of patients.  • Optimise usage of patient own drugs (PODs) and patient own drugs at home (POSH) to reduce waste and support continuity of care.  • Ensure drug histories are obtained for new admissions to support medicine reconciliation.  • Assist in collection of audit data to monitor service performance.  • Document medication incidents on Datix according to Trust procedures.  • To deal with Compassionate use / named patient cancer medicines supply   • To promote the responsible, safe, and cost-effective provision of medication from the Chemotherapy Services Unit (CSU) with specific responsibility for supply of readymade and outsourced systemic  anticancer therapy doses from our dedicated satellite dispensary.  • Undertake regular meetings with directly managed staff, to support development.  • Undertake recruitment processes for staff within service areas that adhere to Trust policies including short  listing and partaking in interview panels.  • To support the development and training of all pharmacy staff working on Cancer wards and providing pharmacy services to the cancer day units.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Support with scheduling patient chemotherapy for the day units using iQemo, working closely with day unit schedulers ensuring the efficient delivery of chemotherapy treatment to patients.  For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please call Suhana Akthar Suma – Lead Pharmacy Technician – Cancer Services on 020 3465 6678 or e-mail [email protected]   The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.