Medicines Management Technician
The closing date is 23 September 2025
At LUHFT we are looking for a registered pharmacy technician with an accuracy checking certificate who is keen to realise their potential and who can make the most of the scope this post offers to deliver a patient centred approach to our service delivery.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum performance of the pharmacy service whilst working in the dispensary and medicine management teams.
Are you passionate about patients and optimising their treatment?
Do you want to feel you are doing something worthwhile and rewarding?
Do you want to further your career in a fast paced teaching hospital?
Are you looking for an opportunity to broaden your technical knowledge supported by a friendly and enthusiastic pharmacy team?
Please feel free to get in touch to organise a visit to our department.
Main duties of the job
1. To complete our in-house medicines management and medicines history taking training programmes as part of joining the medicines management pharmacy technician team at LUHFT.
2. We welcome applications from Pharmacy Technicians currently working in all settings.
3. We have a full time (37.5 hours) band 5 Pharmacy Technician vacancy in our team working alongside pharmacists in a number of specialities including Emergency Medicine, Older Persons Care, Critical Care and many other specialities. You will work as part of the pharmacy team to help deliver a high standard of medicines optimisation to designated wards. You will be responsible for the delivery of safe and cost effective pharmaceutical care to newly admitted patients, as well as facilitating efficient discharge and transfer of patients.
4. You will also rotate through our busy dispensaries. This will need you to have excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role. You must be able to work accurately, have a good eye for detail, and be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.
5. We are open every day of the year; our rota's include weekends, bank holidays and late nights.
6. Provide a clinical technical service to the POD wards, including taking comprehensive medication histories and providing a cost-effective one-stop dispensing service involving accuracy checking patients’ own drugs and assessing their suitability for reuse.
7. Provide a cost-effective one-stop dispensing service to wards, involving accuracy checking patients’ own drugs and assessing their suitability for use, arranging re-supplies of patients’ drugs, liaising with GPs, nursing homes and ward staff, assessing patient concordance and providing counselling and education where necessary.
8. Provide a topping up service on wards for individual patient drug supplies under the direction of the Dispensary Manager or Senior Technicians and in accordance with procedures.
9. Support the clinical pharmacists on POD wards in the provision of complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
10. Liaise with GPs, nursing homes, doctors, ward staff and other healthcare professionals to provide complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
11. Interpret medical notes and test results, identify pharmaceutical and clinical problems and refer to the appropriate medical staff or clinical pharmacist.
12. Counsel and educate patients and carers on the correct use of their medication and assess their understanding of the medicines prescribed.
13. Assess patient concordance, identify patients requiring compliance aids and arrange provision of the necessary aids in both primary and secondary care.
14. Facilitate patient discharges to ensure timely and effective discharge supplies of medication are available for individual patients.
15. Perform a final accuracy check on prescriptions and orders which have previously been clinically checked by a pharmacist and in accordance with Trust procedures, and ensure dispensing errors are corrected by the appropriate member of staff.
16. Develop, implement and manage a training package for technical staff in the systems used on POD wards and assess, train and supervise other technical staff in the systems used on POD wards to ensure optimal and continuous service, adherence to procedures and safe systems of work and expansion of systems to other areas of the Trust.
17. Consult with ward managers and train nursing staff in the systems used on POD wards and provide pharmaceutical information and advice, and be prepared to give lectures on pharmaceutical topics to other healthcare professionals and patients where appropriate.
18. Carry out audit projects independently and in conjunction with other pharmacy staff to improve and develop service provision and contribute to the review of existing systems and implementation of new procedural guidelines.
19. Coordinate and participate in the provision of a patient counselling course for technical staff and assist with the education and training of all members of staff, other healthcare professionals and patients.
20. Participate in personal development review and appraise and perform personal development reviews on other staff members.
21. Assist in the provision of directorate financial information and analysis and the implementation of directorate service quality and cost improvement initiatives.
22. Attend relevant meetings and training courses for technicians and encourage others to undertake further training; participate in schemes necessary to keep relevant pharmaceutical and clinical technical knowledge up to date.
23. Advise nursing staff on the correct storage of goods supplied by the pharmacy with regard to security and stability.
24. Contribute to the recording and reporting of clinical and non-clinical incidents.
25. Liaise and provide support for the Senior Technician Team in the management of ward service activities.
26. Act as a role model for student technicians and other members of technical and support staff and provide mentoring, assessing, induction and training of student technicians, pre-registration pharmacists, dispensing assistants and any other relevant members of the pharmacy team.
27. Undertake Continuing Professional Development to keep pharmaceutical knowledge current and compliant with requirements for entry on the pharmacy technician register.
28. Carry out dispensing of prescriptions, including extemporaneous prescriptions, unlicensed drugs, controlled drugs, and in-patient and outpatient prescriptions in accordance with the agreed safe systems of work.
29. Co-operate in staff rotation within the Trust’s pharmacy departments and participate in weekend, bank holiday and late night duties as appropriate.
30. Observe the recommendations contained in the Guide to Good Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practice and ensure work is in accordance with these and other relevant guidance.
31. Observe Health and Safety at Work Act and Data Protection Act regulations.
32. Assist in computerised stock control and medical costing, maintaining reasonable stock levels and correct storage and turnover to maintain quality and potency.
33. Answer routine or technical queries from staff on the ward or in pharmacy and refer to the appropriate colleague when necessary.
34. Liaise with pharmacy and ward staff to solve supply problems and ensure the best service to patients.
35. Participate in pharmacy and ward-based stock audits under the direction of the Senior Technicians.
36. Assist in the receipt and issue of goods in pharmacy and check delivery notes and invoices if required.
37. Participate in Trust and national objectives to meet clinical governance targets, develop patient care, improve clinical outcomes and ensure compliance with standards for hospital pharmacy services and interface with primary and secondary care.
38. Provide accurate record keeping of controlled drugs, including supplies to wards, orders received into the pharmacy and regular audits of computer and paper records.
39. Dispense clinical trials in accordance with the dispensing protocol, ICH GCP guidelines and European Directive under the direction of the clinical trials technician/pharmacist.
40. Undertake special dispensing and manufacturing involving aseptic techniques to prepare sterile products under the direction of the Aseptic Services Manager.
41. Undertake cytotoxic reconstitution and dispensing in line with COSHH regulations and regional and national standards.
42. Support equality and diversity.
43. Undertake any other related duties as required.
Please refer to the detailed Job Description attached.
Person Specification
Other
* Ability to thrive in a changing environment
* Attention to detail and work accurately
* Flexible
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Pleasant and helpful attitude
* Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team
* Smart and clean appearance
Experience
* Significant experience with the Electronic Medicines Management systems, including file maintenance, standard and ad-hoc reporting
* Demonstrate Dispensing Experience
* Patient Counselling
* Experience of working on wards
Qualifications
* Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with appropriate underpinning knowledge
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Ability to understand role and service priorities
* Ability to train staff
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.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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