Overview
Job Overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Responsibilities
Some of the main responsibilities include:
* Completing Medicines Reconciliation to ensure patients are receiving the right medications in hospital
* Counselling patients on newly started medicines
* Supporting with discharge processes to enable strong patient flow
* Our team is self-motivated and needs to work both independently and with excellent communication to maintain a strong team dynamic; individuals should seek to develop into future role models for trainees
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England\'s largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations. Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast. At UHS we are committed to a flexible working environment and to creating a diverse, inclusive team.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Some of the main responsibilities include listed above.
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria
* Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC or working towards qualifications suitable for registration as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC within the next six months.
* Numerate and literate e.g. GCSE in Maths and English A* to C or equivalent or IELTS test score 7 as required by GPhC if overseas candidate
* Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy or aseptics)
* Maintaining continuous professional development requirements or training portfolio
* Dealing with customers and / or patients
* Able to use a range of information technology programmes
* Demonstrates being able to organise own and others workload and prioritise effectively
* Able to work antisocial hours, weekends and bank holidays as per rota.
* Able to travel to and work at RSH / SGH and other sites if required
* Desirable criteria
* Additional pharmacy qualifications e.g. Completed APTUK Foundation Framework Management training Practice supervisor or TAQA Medicines Management qualification PIPC or ACPT
* Hospital pharmacy experience
* Stock control / ordering experience
* Providing a ward-based medicines management service
* Aseptic pharmacy experience
* Clinical trials or research experience
* Experience of using JAC or similar pharmacy based computer systems
* Experience of supervision of staff or trainees
Skills
* Adaptability
* Analytical thinking
* Attention to detail
* Communication
* Interpersonal skills
* Negotiation skills
* Microsoft Office skills
* Organisational skills
* People management
* Taking the initiative
* Time management
* Teamwork
* Working under pressure
* Working autonomously
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
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