Urgent and Emergency Care Pharmacy Tech - Band 4 to 5 Progression
Main area: Clinical Pharmacy Technician Grade Band 4 to 5 progression
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Band 4 to 5 progression post)
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Including weekends and bank holidays)
Job ref: 344-0746DCB-B
Site: Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Town: Margate
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Job Overview
Would you like a challenge? Would you like to have a role where you feel you can make a difference every day? We have a 12 months fixed term maternity cover vacancy for a band 4 to 5 progression Clinical Pharmacy Technician to work within Urgent and Emergency Care at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Margate.
This is a fast-paced but varied exciting environment, and your clinical knowledge is constantly developed to provide a patient-focused medicines management service. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, where the goal is to ensure we provide an excellent service to our patients, with their safety and well-being at the forefront of everything we do. The role will involve regular teaching to other clinicians and healthcare professionals working in the emergency department.
The band 4 to 5 progression post is suitable for pharmacy technicians looking to work in the emergency department; newly qualified pharmacy technicians or community pharmacy technicians looking to start their hospital career.
To progress to the band 5, the successful applicant would need to successfully complete the in-house progression policy.
As part of the progression, the applicant would also need to display specialist knowledge in acute and emergency medicine and be fully compliant with oral and IV administration. Please contact the lead recruiter for further details regarding the role and progression.
Main Duties of the Job
* Completing detailed medication histories using a multitude of sources in order to reconcile with current inpatient medications and make interventions where appropriate.
* Administering Intravenous and oral medications within scope of practice (Training will be provided).
* Counseling patients on new or changed medications to help promote compliance.
* Aiding Doctors and nurses with medication queries.
* Evaluating the suitability of patients' own medications for use whilst in the hospital setting.
* Participating in the discharge planning of patients with ward staff and other healthcare professionals both in secondary and primary care.
* Accuracy checking of dispensed items in our main hospital dispensary or satellite pharmacy within the acute medicines unit.
* Carrying out audits on the department to ensure procedures are being followed.
Working for Our Organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience completing audits.
* Experience counseling patients on medication.
* Post-registration experience in a hospital Pharmacy.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills with patients and staff.
* Ability to work under pressure and problem solve and use initiative.
* Experience of training staff and giving feedback.
* Strong sense of responsibility/integrity and work as a team player.
Qualifications
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
* Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent or evidence of competence.
* NVQ in Pharmacy Services level 3 with BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science as underpinning knowledge or equivalent.
Personal and Professional Attributes
* Able to appraise options and make clear decisions.
* IT skills in word processing, database, and spreadsheet packages.
* Utilising electronic systems to access patient records.
* Good analytical skills – able to access and abstract data from relevant and sometimes complex sources.
* Good communication skills, verbal, written, and electronic; within a multidisciplinary team environment.
* Baseline management skills – Can prioritise work and organise own workload as well as that of junior pharmacy staff.
We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date, so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.
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