This Role Is Suitable For
* Qualified medicines management/optimisation technicians looking for a new challenge or a change of location
* Community based pharmacy technicians looking for a career change
You should be able to work as part of a team but also have the ability to work flexibly and independently in a professional manner. The role will involve interaction with a variety of people, including patients, nurses and doctors; therefore applicants must possess excellent communication skills.
This role requires GPhC Registration.
Base Location : University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Interview Date: TBC
Medicines optimisation duties on the wards, undertaking medicines reconciliation, patient’s own drug assessments, patient counselling and reducing unnecessary wastage on discharge by managing the medication supply pathway and providing a one-stop dispensing service
Dispensary duties including checking dispensed medicines as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)
The trust and pharmacy team values and champions inclusivity and diversity. We are open to discussions on flexible working, part time and job share opportunities. Informal visits and enquiries are fully supported and encouraged.
To support seven day working, staff for this role are required to work late nights, weekend and bank holiday on a rotational basis
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne Bingham Job title: Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician Email address: suzanne.bingham@uhd.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0300 019 8730 #J-18808-Ljbffr