Pharmacy Technician – Flexible Contract
Our friendly and progressive pharmacy department is currently looking for self‑motivated individuals to join the team here at the Great Western Hospital on a flexible contract.
The pharmacy team are forward‑thinking and continuously strive to improve our ways of working, putting medicines optimisation at the heart of our clinical services. We put the patient at the centre of our care and aim to enhance every patient’s experience.
For more information, please contact Hannah Mills, Lead Technician, Medicines Optimisation, phone 01793 607781.
Key responsibilities
* Ward based clinical services (including but not limited to admissions, surgery, cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology, care of the elderly)
* Dispensary services if required
* Undertake general pharmaceutical duties under the supervision of a Section Manager or deputy, assisting in the provision of a safe and effective Pharmacy service in line with current policies, procedures and legal requirements.
* Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients’ own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, maintaining and ordering non‑stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required.
* Work in the dispensary final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary manager and lead technician in the co‑ordination of the day‑to‑day running of the dispensary.
* All pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP 2013/C 343/01) have a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP 2013/C 343/01) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively.
Our values
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined‑up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Nice to have
We welcome applications from individuals who have never practised in hospital pharmacy but can build on previously gained skills to become a confident and knowledgeable hospital pharmacy technician.
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