Band 4 Pharmacy Technician - Venture House

We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our team based at Central and Summerhill Pharmacies in Erdington. You will be involved in the progression of the Technician led Dispensary. You will also be involved in the development of the role of Pharmacy Technicians in delivering medicines optimisation services for inpatient and community areas. We will offer training and support to the successful candidate to complete the ACPT course where required and the Medicines Optimisation training. These qualifications will help develop and prepare the successful candidate for progression to apply for a senior pharmacy technician should one arise. We will also provide in house training to develop leadership skills within the dispensary and ward services.Pharmacy Technicians are vital members of today's healthcare team and make significant contributions to the supply of medicines to patients as well as medicines management across healthcare organisations. The role is,

• Coordinating dispensary staff
• Dispensing
• Accuracy checking
• Ward duties, which includes providing support to the Senior Pharmacy technicians with medicines reconciliation, POD assessments, managing patient supply needs, discharges, and transfer of care
  
  becoming more varied and complex as medicines become increasingly sophisticated. The role will be involved with supporting the dispensaries both inpatient and outpatients and must be a qualified ACPT, in the process of completing the ACPT qualification, or willing to work towards completing the ACPT qualification.
  
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