pharmacy technician Walsall, England
Job description
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN- ENHANCED ROLE (Band 5) HOMECARE
SALARY £28,407 – £34,581 PRO RATA
22.5 hours per week to include late night working up to 6.30pm on rotation and to participate in Weekends and Bank Holidays working on rotation.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is currently offering an exciting opportunity for a Enhanced Role Pharmacy Technician to work within our Medicines Homecare team. This would be an ideal development opportunity for a community based technician to transfer skills to the hospital setting or for a hospital technician to gain experience in a different pharmacy area. You will work closely alongside a team of experienced technical, professional and homecare administration staff to maintain and develop a high standard of Medicines Homecare to patients with often long term and complex conditions who receive their medication at home. The role will involve direct patient communication, liaison with clinicians, clinical pharmacists and nurse specialists as well as external homecare and pharmaceutical companies.
You must be a qualified pharmacy technician and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Have excellent organisational skills and the desire to provide a high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to our patients. You must be able to work under pressure, prioritise work and be able to work alone as well as part of a team. The role ensures that medicines homecare services are of a consistently high quality and in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Homecare Standards and local policy and procedures.
The role also includes a regular operational commitment in order to maintain competencies and demonstrate fitness to practice as a registered pharmacy technician. This includes dispensing and accuracy checking of medicines within the Dispensary.
You'll need to be able to work over 7 days of the week, hours of work as required as the Pharmacy Department offers a weekend and bank holiday service which you will be expected to participate in.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants therefore we advise that you complete your application early.
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND ACTIVELY DISCOURAGES SMOKING AT WORK
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and brand new, state of the art Emergency Department is in the process of being completed.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce
CARE-COLLEAGUES-COMMUNITIES-COLLABORATION
You will be responsible for the day to day technical duties relating to homecare medicines supplies including prescription management, reconciling and receiving orders from homecare suppliers, matching delivery notes with proof of delivery and invoices, and liaising with the relevant parties to resolve discrepancies.
You will help ensure the homecare providers work within their contractual obligations and existing service level agreements. You will participate in the development of reports on quality and financial indicators on all homecare medicine services and work to maintain our high standards.
Works with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to review existing and develop new homecare service specifications. Works with Clinical Pharmacy Team Leaders, Lead Pharmacists and other Pharmacy staff to identify, plan, and develop new opportunities for homecare services.
Co-ordinates the service review meetings for homecare medicines management working closely with pharmaceutical companies, homecare companies, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, other healthcare staff, and patients.
Ensures compliance with current homecare medicines management guidance, and contributes nationally to the development of homecare medicines management guidance and policies. Maintains Homecare SOPs and manages any changes to the processes within the homecare service.
Manage all homecare related incidents in conjunction with the homecare companies.
