Job summary
- Main area
- SG CDC Frailty
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 162-6277-AV
- Employer
- Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub
- Town
- Hornchurch
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2024 23:59
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Band 6 Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Band 6
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Job overview
The post holder will provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to frailty services at St Georges Health and Wellbeing Hub, including Frailty Virtual Ward. They will deliver medicines-related care to patients, support the provision of medicines management services, participate in education and training and lead on service improvements.
If you are passionate about the future of care for ageing patients, creative, happy to work flexibly across all the services within the frailty hub and are looking to develop and further your own skills and capabilities within this speciality then, please apply to be part of our vision to create a centre of outstanding care.
Main duties of the job
The post is a new position and is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven pharmacy technician looking to develop their skills and support the expansion of integrated pharmacy services across frailty at the New St Goerges Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
They will work closely with the lead Pharmacist for Frailty and out of hospital care to further innovate and develop the frailty service at St Georges with the aim of reducing attendances to the emergency departments, reduce acute admissions into hospital and support our patients to get the most from their medicines.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting high-quality medication service to frailty virtual ward. The post holder will be heavily involved in the day to day running of the virtual ward, working collaboratively with a large, varied group of staff with all aspects of the medication service provided to patients.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Tosin Aragbaiye Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice.
- Experience of working in frailty and care of the elderly services with special emphasis on patient counselling and medicines reconciliation.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit and quality improvement methodologies to improve practice.
Skills/ Abilities
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of integrated pharmacy services
- Ability to identify and plan service improvement
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Inderjit Takher
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01708435000
- Additional information
Ext. 6956
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