Are you a skilled and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician looking for an exciting opportunity? Would you like to lead, develop and deliver our medicines optimisation service at ward level?

If so, we have a newly created post for a Band 6 Senior Pharmacy Technician who will manage, coordinate and supervise the delivery of safe and effective medicines management and medicines optimisation across the Trusts Musgrove Park Hospital site.We are a growing team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, working together to provide a safe, efficient and high quality service to patients and to work closely with the multidisciplinary team on the wards. We support the role development of our staff through further study and qualifications.

We also have electronic prescribing already integrated across the site as well as a newly refurbished department providing a modern and spacious working environment.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with the Clinical Pharmacy Lead to develop the medicines optimisation service at Musgrove Park Hospital.

This role requires excellent leadership and communication skills and will involve managing and supporting staff, day to day organisation of the workload of the team, coordinating training requirements, audit and reporting, as well as ensuring that the service is constantly moving forward to meet the needs of the patients and the Trust.

It will also include medicines reconciliation, dispensing and checking at ward level as well as providing education to patients and carers.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the below job description which is attached, for full details and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level in 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent.Minimum of 5 years post registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician.Accredited Accuracy Checking Technician.Accredited Medicines Optimisation Technician Unit 1.1 Managing Patients medicines requirements (PODs and one-stop) and Unit 2.1 Medicines Reconciliation.

Desirable

• Accredited in Unit 2.2 Discharge Facilitation.Accredited advanced Medicine Optimisation Technician Unit 3.1 Clinical Prioritisation.Assessor accreditation NVQ, AVA, TAQA, A1 or equivalent Assessor qualification, CAVA.Pro-pharmace educational supervisor course.

Experience

Essential

• Management/supervising of Dispensary.Management of teams and staff.Experience of working within a role involving multi disciplinary communication.Experience of staff appraisal and objective setting.Audit and/or research experience and implementation.Developing staff/services with recognised performance/quality problems.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 4DA

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