26 Oct
University Hospitals Bristol Nhs Foundation Trust
Bristol
Band 5
Main area: Diagnostic & Therapies
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends, Bank holidays & late shifts)
Job ref: 387-DT-5198-LH
Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary
Town: Bristol
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 04/11/2024
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
As a member of the Pharmacy technician team,
you will provide safe and effective pharmacy support to the dispensary and adult wards within UHBW. You will develop your existing professional, technical and clinical skills through your own continuing professional development to provide a service of excellence to both patients and staff alike. This role includes a 1 day a week commitment to dispensing and checking of medicines within the dispensary and 4 days a week embedded in one of the ward based adult clinical teams: Medicine.
Main duties of the job
1. To dispense prescriptions for inpatients, outpatients, day patients and patients waiting for discharge. This involves:
- Receiving a prescription and checking that it is clear and legible with the correct patient details and ward and ensuring that a clinical check has been completed where appropriate.
- Contacting the ward pharmacists, prescriber or ward to clarify any queries or missing details.
- Logging the prescription accurately on to the pharmacy computer system.
- Accurately producing a label for each item of medication.
- Dispensing broken bulk and original pack items, checking the prescription and label for accuracy.
- Ensuring each item has a Patient Information Leaflet.
- To dispense controlled drugs to wards and patients, ensuring that balances are calculated and checked daily and that safety mechanisms are in place and adhered to. Ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained. Follow Policies and Procedures regarding the safe storage and handling of controlled drugs.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country,
bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge
- Proven recent experience of delivering dispensary services as a technician.
- Previous experience of working within a clinical patient-facing environment.
- Proven ability to dispense medicines accurately without errors.
- Proven recent hospital experience of delivering dispensing service as a technician.
- Previous participation in audit or quality improvement work.
- Supportive.
- Respectful.
Skills and abilities
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Articulate and confident.
- Flexible and adaptive approach.
- Ability to work alone or in a team.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good time manager.
- Evidence of ability to complete work on time.
- Skilled at using the internet and online information systems.
- Evidence of self-motivation.
- Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service.
Qualifications
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacy technician.
- Accredited accuracy checking technician.
- Minimum of 12 months post registration experience as a medicines optimisation pharmacy technician.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Accredited for assessing or coaching.
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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