Bank Band 5 Pharmacy Technician, Radlett sw1218

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical/Technical

Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines to maximise benefits and minimise risk to service users. This includes medicines reconciliation, regular review of prescriptions, identification of significant drug interactions and adverse effects, advice on clinical monitoring, compliance with legal aspects (e.g. Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Mental Health Act) and compliance with Trust policies and guidelines.

Ensures security of stock drugs are maintained.

Accurately dispense prescriptions for inpatients and leave/discharge requests using the Pharmacy IT system select, compile, package, label and record prescription items according to departmental procedure to facilitate and ensure the safe and effective administration and use of medication.

Carry out comprehensive medicines reconciliations on the wards by communicating effectively with service users, carers, ward staff, doctors, other Trusts and community services, including but not limited to GP surgeries, community pharmacies and community drugs teams to obtain up to date and accurate information regarding patients medication history.

To provide information on common drug dosage and use. Advise service users, carers, clinical staff on issues relating to medication regimes and changes to

prescribing.

To act as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT). Involves final checking clinically screened prescriptions and orders prepared by other pharmacy staff, before release to the service user, ward or unit.

• Accurately assess the safety and suitability of patients own drugs (PODs) to ensure correct use in hospital in accordance with the relevant procedures.
• Conduct a thorough technical medication review of service users medication chart, order and supply medicines at ward level using the correct documentation. Report any missed, delayed, or omitted medicines in accordance with relevant procedures.
• Check for prescribing and other errors within the limits compatible with the pharmacy technician skills and escalate concerns to the attention of the clinical pharmacist or prescriber in accordance with the relevant procedures.
• Maintain the controlled drugs register, making entries, checking, and reconciling stock as appropriate.
• Assess suitability of pharmaceutical products for return of stock. Return items using the Pharmacy IT system, dispose of according to departmental procedure.
• To use pharmacy stock control and dispensing programme (Ascribe) and other computer systems in the departments throughout the trust and external units, receive stock, generate relevant paperwork and labels as appropriate. Update electronic files involving confidential service user information.
• Participate in stock management including ordering, receipt, storage, expiry date checks, distribution and returns. Assist the lead procurement technician in resolving any stock discrepancies.
• Identify, dispense and distribute stock pharmaceutical items including Controlled Drugs to wards and departments throughout the Trust according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• To support the dispensary manager in coordinating and managing the day-to-day running of operational dispensary pharmacy services.
• To maintain clean and tidy dispensing facilities and safe systems of work including expiry date checking and correct disposal of medication.
• To maintain accurate data relating to stock balance and assisting investigations when

discrepancies occur.

• To ensure that all medication incidents are recorded on DATIX by staff operating in the dispensary.
• Take part in counselling and provide information on medicines to service users, healthcare staff and doctors.
• Deal with telephone enquiries.
• To provide mentoring and training support to new and junior members of staff.
• Visit wards to carry out stock top-ups.
• Take an active role in the pharmacy team and provide support to less experienced staff.
• Seek advice from senior pharmacy colleagues as appropriate to provide advice to clinicians.
• To undertake Continuing Professional Development in order to keep pharmaceutical knowledge current, ensure best practice and comply with requirements in line with GPhC professional standards.

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

To uphold and embody the HPFT trust values.

To supervise and train less experienced technicians, students, and other staff.

To assist in the training of pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians (PTPTs), via the apprentice routes including new posts & present staff that may wish to uplift their skills under the supervision of the training lead for PTPT.

To be an Accredited checking technician (ACT) facilitator or be willing to undergo training to be an ACT facilitator for pharmacy technicians undergoing their ACT training.

To commit to personal self-development and training reflecting the needs of the post and the department as identified through performance appraisal.

• Support the training / induction requirements for other staff as appropriate.
• Plans the rota for the technical pharmacy team when required.
• To line-manage relevant pharmacy staff including conducting annual PDRs (appraisals) and regular supervision sessions.
• To follow all Trust policies relating to management including but not limited to sickness absence, grievances, capability.
• To take an active role in helping to lead the dispensary team, providing support to junior and less experienced members of staff.
• To be an integral member of the dispensary team and to work with other senior technicians to manage the staffing resources to ensure an efficient and comprehensive service is provided all times.
• To deputise for other pharmacy staff as necessary
• To plan and organise dispensary activities, re-allocating tasks as necessary.

Managers have a duty to promote and support staffs personal health and wellbeing at all times, this includes both physical and mental health and wellbeing.

Managers have a responsibility to support staff by directing employees to services that are available to everyone to help in managing health and wellbeing.

They should be open and approachable as well as proactive in discussing and agreeing a process to monitor an employees mental and physical health.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent (or evidence of working towards it)
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacy technician

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working as a registered pharmacy technician
• Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team

PHYSICAL SKILLS

• Able to travel using own vehicle to various Trust and other locations across Hertfordshire. *Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Dept, Kingfisher Court, Kingsley Green, Herts, WD7 9HQ

Radlett

WD7 9HQ

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/