This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to join our department as a Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician. We are seeking a Pharmacy Technician who is forward thinking and highly motivated in a developmental role and work as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician progressing to a Band 6 Pharmacy Technician on completion of the Level 4 Clinical Diploma. They must be committed to the delivery of a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service.

The post holder will join a team of specialist and generalist clinical pharmacists, medicines optimisation technicians and pharmacy assistants in delivering high quality, safe and effective care to patients and service users. They will undertake a wide range of clinical pharmacy activities in addition to six monthly specialist rotations. These areas include and are not limited to: pre-operative assessment, spinal rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials, homecare, complex long-term bone and soft-tissue infection management as well as post-operative care and high dependency/critical care.

This is a full time role (37.5 hours) post for a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician who will play an integral part of the medicines optimisation clinical services team providing a Pharmacy service and working closely within the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, forward thinking and pro-active clinically orientated medicines optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join our progressive team at RNOH. There is extensive scope for the successful applicant to develop on both a personal and professional level through exposure to all departmental activities, contributing towards portfolio building and the opportunity for further roles in the future.

The post holder will be required to possess good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work effectively in busy environments both independently and within a team. Computer skills are essential. Ideally, the post holder should have previous NHS experience.

About us

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Contribute to the Trust medicines optimisation agenda to ensure delivery of a safe, clinically and cost effective pharmacy service
• Undertake or willing to work towards Medicines Optimisation training
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient focused care and ensure a timely supply of medicines, utilisation of patients own medicines and medicines adherence training
• Participate in medicines optimisation, ward top-up and ward-based dispensing
• Provide dispensary-based patient services to inpatients and outpatients including clinical trials
• Complete or work towards working as an Accredited Pharmacy Checking Technician qualification
• To contribute to the education and training programme for all pharmacy and clinical staff
• To meet the department and Trusts audit agenda and quality improvement objectives
• Undertake a course in Education and Training to facilitate learning

Through provision of an effective Pharmacy service, this post will

• Challenge your problem solving skills
• Strengthen your organisational skills by co-ordination and prioritisation of work
• Improve communication skills
• Development and expand on management and leadership skill

The post holder must hold Level 3 BTEC and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Certificate or equivalent and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in Pharmacy and member of the GPhC
• Completed or working towards Accredited Checking Technician
• Completed or towards a formal Medicines Optimisation Programme
• Mandatory professional CPD as defined by GPhC

Desirable

• NVQ Assessor Training
• Other Education and Training qualifications
• Appropriate short management courses
• Working towards BTEC L4 Diploma

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years clinical pharmacy experience in an acute NHS Trust
• Experience in delivering training in clinical areas
• Has working clinically/good knowledge of clinical systems and processes in the NHS
• Understanding in principle change management procedures
• Working knowledge of pharmacy computer systems

Desirable

• Experience in training users in use of complex IT systems
• Technical experience of clinical applications / systems
• Experience of problem solving and negotiating with clinical and non-clinical staff
• Previous experience working in the support of clinical applications /systems

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good ability to organise and prioritise work
• Experience of medicines counselling in inpatient/outpatient settings
• A good knowledge of national and local NHS priorities that directly affect Pharmacy
• Working knowledge of computer systems including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Ability to work both alone and as part of a team
• Good personal organisation and time management skills
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda

Employer details

Employer name

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Stanmore

HA7 4LP

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