Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team and help shape the future of our pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. As a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, patient-centred care on the wards at our St Helier site. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of medication reconciliation, a vital step in ensuring that patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay. You will also be involved in the seamless management of Patients' Own Medication, supporting the efficient and effective practice of one-stop dispensing. But your impact doesn't stop there. You will play a pivotal role in streamlining the patient experience, ensuring timely dispensation of To Take Out medications to support smooth and prompt patient discharges. Your adept communication skills will bridge connections with our community healthcare partners, ensuring that our patients receive a consistent and seamless continuum of care. This role is about more than just managing medications; it's about improving patient safety and contributing to a streamlined, compassionate healthcare service in line with our Trust values. Main duties of the job
Your primary role being to undertake medicines reconciliation and take drug histories in order to ensure that the patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay to ensure that there is appropriate usage of Patient's Own medication and to promote one stop dispensing. You will be involved throughout the patient journey helping the wards to ensure TTOs are dispensed prior to discharge, communicating effectively with our community colleagues when appropriate. You will be an accredited checking technician (ACPT) and will have regular checking slots in the dispensary. In liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services and other members of the pharmacy team you will also be involved in the management of medicines on the ward, audit and financial savings projects. You will participate in late duty, Bank Holiday and weekend rotas and be part of a seven day service. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registered technician with General Pharmaceutical Council Accreditation in Medicines Management (AIMM) Experience
Patient counselling experience Multidisciplinary team work Medicines management / clinical experience Skills
Ability to identify and solve problems Ability to work independently and as part of a team Familiarity with JAC/CMM 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. Salary: £34,521 to £41,956 a year pro rata including HCAS outer.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team and help shape the future of our pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals. As a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, patient-centred care on the wards at our St Helier site. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of medication reconciliation, a vital step in ensuring that patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay. You will also be involved in the seamless management of Patients' Own Medication, supporting the efficient and effective practice of one-stop dispensing. But your impact doesn't stop there. You will play a pivotal role in streamlining the patient experience, ensuring timely dispensation of To Take Out medications to support smooth and prompt patient discharges. Your adept communication skills will bridge connections with our community healthcare partners, ensuring that our patients receive a consistent and seamless continuum of care. This role is about more than just managing medications; it's about improving patient safety and contributing to a streamlined, compassionate healthcare service in line with our Trust values. Main duties of the job
Your primary role being to undertake medicines reconciliation and take drug histories in order to ensure that the patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay to ensure that there is appropriate usage of Patient's Own medication and to promote one stop dispensing. You will be involved throughout the patient journey helping the wards to ensure TTOs are dispensed prior to discharge, communicating effectively with our community colleagues when appropriate. You will be an accredited checking technician (ACPT) and will have regular checking slots in the dispensary. In liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services and other members of the pharmacy team you will also be involved in the management of medicines on the ward, audit and financial savings projects. You will participate in late duty, Bank Holiday and weekend rotas and be part of a seven day service. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registered technician with General Pharmaceutical Council Accreditation in Medicines Management (AIMM) Experience
Patient counselling experience Multidisciplinary team work Medicines management / clinical experience Skills
Ability to identify and solve problems Ability to work independently and as part of a team Familiarity with JAC/CMM 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. Salary: £34,521 to £41,956 a year pro rata including HCAS outer.
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