Band 6 Specialist Pharmacy Technician - (Maternity cover)

at  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

• 12 month - maternity cover*
  The Pharmacy team at Barnet Hospital have an exciting opportunity for a motivated senior pharmacy technician committed to delivering high quality patient care to join medicine pharmacy team within the AAU.
  The post holder will be enthusiastic, self-motivated & adaptable, with good communication and interpersonal skills to take on this challenging post. Your role will involve working with Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and other health care professionals on providing Medicines Management services at ward level.
  The post holder will support the prescribing pharmacists to carry out medicines reconciliation for our newly admitted patients and the assessment of patients own drugs. You will support in the day to day coordination of the dispensary and of the satellite pharmacy by providing original pack dispensing, patient counselling and co-ordination of the supply of discharge medicines to our patients.
  You will be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician and be or working towards the the Practice Supervisor or Educational Supervisor course. You must have evidence of registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have good post qualification experience working as a Pharmacy Technician.
  Candidates should have considerable experience working with patients on the ward, excellent organisational, communication and managerial skills, and should be able to develop and maintain highly professional relationships with medical and nursing staff.
  The medicine pharmacy team is based in the medicine satellite pharmacy and the post holder will assist in the provision of a timely medicines reconciliation and rapid patient discharge service.
  You will be involved in planning for discharge, accurately dispensing / checking prescriptions in the satellite pharmacy and providing an individualised counselling service for patients leaving the medicine wards. Other duties include: deputising for the Lead Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services in maintaining the satellite pharmacy, stock control, and educating & training of pharmacy staff and nurses. In addition, you will also assist with the compilation of monthly drug expenditure reports for the Medicine Directorate.
  The post holder will also support and coordinate training and staff development by acting as a mentor / trainer / practice supervisor for apprenticeships, in-house and external training/ accreditations to a range of staff, including (but not limited to) Pharmacy technicians, Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) and Trainee Pharmacists (TPs).
  Our Trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
  The Pharmacy Service at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust comprises of Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary services, ward based clinical pharmacy services, Medicines Information, aseptic and non-sterile production services, pharmacy stores & distribution, procurement, and homecare services. We cover a range of clinical specialties including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, hepatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women’s health, paediatrics and infection control.
  We are an ambitious and quality improvement focused team who are committed to optimising the use of medicines and providing the best pharmaceutical care to our patients. We are proud to lead the way in integrated training partnerships, digital transformation, and financial improvement programmes (FIP).
  For more information, please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
  Please see the attached job description for the main roles and responsibilities of the role. For further enquiries, please contact named contact person below.
  This vacancy has been advertised in accordance with the new NHS pay rate which will take effect from autumn 2024. Please note if your employment starts before the 24/25 pay scales are implemented you will be paid under the 23/24 pay scales and any backpay will be adjusted accordingly. Further information can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202425

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