Pharmacy Technician

East London NHS Foundation Trust • Full-time • United Kingdom, England, Luton • £23.95k - £26.28k / year • 1m ago

We are looking for skilled and highly motivated pharmacy technician to join the clinical pharmacy team in Luton & Bedford

The position will be based at Luton Mental health with rotation between mental health specialty wards.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work in as part of a dedicated ward pharmacy and community Mental Health teams, with the support of senior colleagues. This is an excellent prospect for pharmacy technicians that want to focus on clinical patient care working in a multidisciplinary team.

You should have aBTEC / NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.

You will need to have good communication and time management skills. As a medicines optimisation pharmacy technician you will have the opportunity to work in a wide range of mental health services including acute adult inpatients, older adults, home treatment teams, community mental health teams, inpatient rehabilitation, psychiatric intensive care, eating disorders and early intervention services.
1. Co-ordinates and maintains medication supply to wards and teams.
2. Assess patients’ individual pharmaceutical care needs within 72 hours of identification
3. Initiates medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients.
4. Is a key member of the Multidisciplinary Team, participating in weekly team meetings in order to maximise patients potential for independent medicines management
5. To participate in dispensary duties.
6. To complete and maintain accredited MOPTs and/or Accredited checking technician training (ACT)
7. To prepare discharge medication (TTAs) and leave medication in a timely and efficient manner.
8. To communicate discharge information to Community Pharmacies and GPs.
9. To support the pharmacists in attaining CQUIN and KPI targets
10. Ensures all documentation in regard to Medications Optimisation on the unit is completed accurately
11. To participate in dispensary duties where applicable
12. To communicate discharge information to patients, Community Pharmacies and GPs
13. To lead on clozapine blood test reviews and ordering
14. To actively be involved in Quality Improvement projects and clinical audit
15. To organize the clinical workload and staffing levels so the service is run as efficiently and cost effectively as possible.
16. To be responsible for maintaining accurate stock control and to oversee the maintenance and destruction of controlled drugs on wards and in the dispensary.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.