Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: na
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (na)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-7835DG-A
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pharmacy Department, Ealing Hospital
- Town
- Southall
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician, Patient Services
Band 5
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides 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 a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Pharmacy Technician will work closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary Manager and the dispensary team in helping develop the dispensary service. This includes helping to coordinate and support the day to day running of the dispensary.
The post holder will help in co-ordinating and supporting the dispensary team. They will work closely with medicines management technicians, stores and distribution team and the purchasing team. They will also be responsible for training and development and implementation of procedures for all technical staff working in dispensary.
Main duties of the job
- Assist in the development of the technicians’ role in the dispensary
- Develop and optimise the use of medicines from all wards in the Trust
- Be an accredited checker (ACPT) for dispensed items in dispensary and for the discharge team.
- Assess the suitability of returned drugs for use within the Trust according to agreed protocols
- Liaise with the ward pharmacy team and manage the discharge tracker for patients being discharged.
- Co-ordinates the day to day dispensary team and supports with training for dispensary/rotational technicians
- Dispense and label medicines for patients ensuring that patients have appropriately labelled medicines and ensure that supplies will last whilst on the ward and at the time of discharge
- Co-ordinate the discharge medication by ensuring that POD’s sent to pharmacy are put together with newly dispensed items in advance of patient discharge.
- Dispense and counsel patients regarding their medication regimens in order to ensure patients understand their medication and possible side effects. These may be patients with certain barriers e.g. hearing problems, language issues. This will also include counselling specialist medication (eg dermatology medicines, TB medicines on out-patients
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organization; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPHC
- Accredited Pharmacy Technician Qualification
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Experience in delivering Education & Training
- Experience of Hospital Pharmacy
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of recruitment, and leading a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Jayshree Velani
- Job title
- Dispensary Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 9675763
- Additional information
Nikhila Biju Nair
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Patient Services
0208 967 5241
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