Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend and Bank Holiday Rota)
- Job ref
- 110-PST060-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital, Pharmacy Department
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Salary
- £28,834 - £35,099 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management and ACPT
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
To support the pharmaceutical service and the medicines management agenda in the UHB. To act as an accredited checking Pharmacy Technician (ACT).
To undertake the role of an accredited Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician.
Main duties of the job
- To work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and be guided by professional good practice guidelines. To work as part of a team and also work independently and using own initiative to deal with problems, enquiries and urgent requests referring to the senior pharmacy technician or a pharmacist if necessary.
- To use professional judgement to make appropriate decisions based on evaluating facts and options e.g. supply problems with urgent items.
- To act as an accredited checking Pharmacy Technician undertaking the final check and release of prescriptions dispensed by other pharmacy staff.
- To dispense and issue prescriptions, providing advice and information on medicines to patients, carers and nursing staff.
- To participate in the ward-based medicines management service, assessing medicines, organising supplies and giving advice to patients.
- To support the pharmacy logistics service in providing safe, effective and efficient pharmacy purchasing and distribution services.
- To participate in pharmacy services on weekend/public holiday rotas.
- To participate in the training and supervision of pharmacy assistants, student Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy students.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To undertake other dispensary duties including preparing specialist pharmacy products.
- To participate in the induction and supervision of new pharmacy staff.
- Discuss medication with patients and carers, obtain accurate drug histories and appropriately liaise with the clinical pharmacist about pharmaceutical care issues.
- Communicate information to patients regarding prescriptions (e.g., advice on supply issues) and counsel patients on the correct and safe use of their medication, overcoming communication difficulties (e.g. elderly, confused or hard of hearing.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician accredited or working towards
- Medicines Management accredited or working towards.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital setting.
- Organising dispensing workflow.
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory / Management Experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication both written and verbal.
- Team-working.
- Leadership and Organisational Skills.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak welsh.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Keating
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Pharmacy, Operational Services Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728233
- Additional information
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