Sr Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to join London North West Healthcare NHS Trust's dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving London North West Healthcare NHS Trust's ward-based clinical pharmacy services. London North West Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for someone with experience and a passion for this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated, and patient-oriented pharmacy technician dedicated to patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly efficient medicines management service to a variety of wards within the Acute, Medicine, Care of the Elderly, and Women’s and Children’s departments.
• Promote safe, efficient, and cost-effective use of medicines at ward level.
• Support the provision and expansion of the medicines management pharmacy technician service across the Trust.
• Line manage and supervise other Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians (MMPTs).
• Assist in the induction, training, supervision, and support of new pharmacy staff.
• Assist in training healthcare staff on all aspects of medicines management at ward level.
• Participate in audits relating to medicines management.
• Complete medicines reconciliations within a timely manner.
• Assess patients' own drugs (PODs) for suitability for use.
• Order ‘one stop dispensing’ medications timely to promote the dispensing for discharge scheme.
• Perform final accuracy checks on clinically screened prescriptions for a minimum of eight hours per month to maintain ACPT competency.
• Provide advice to patients, representatives, and healthcare professionals on all medication issues to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
• Provide technical support to satellite pharmacies and the main dispensary.
• Be responsible for own Continuing Professional Development and training development.

Working Environment

You will work with the medicines management team to help implement, deliver, and continually improve the technical and clinical support to wards and satellite units. You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills, and committed to continuous professional development.

Qualifications and Experience

To be considered for this role, you must be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have experience of line managing other staff members.

Shift Patterns

This is a full-time post and the post holder will be required to participate in weekend working and late duties as per rota.

About the Trust

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, and beyond. London North West Healthcare NHS Trust's team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. London North West Healthcare NHS Trust run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: Home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country, providing a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark’s Hospital: An internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: A busy district general hospital providing various clinical services, a 24/7 emergency department, urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: London North West Healthcare NHS Trust's planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services collocated with an urgent care centre.

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust is a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of London North West Healthcare NHS Trust's important role in training future clinicians and bringing the benefits of research to the public.