Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, qualified pharmacy technician to join our busy, friendly team and expanding medicines management service. Our pharmacy department is friendly and progressive and benefits from the successful working relationship between our clinical and technical teams with a strong emphasis on training and development. It has a well-established and respected Medicines Management Technician Service that is developing new innovative more clinical roles in speciality areas (A&E, care of the elderly and orthopaedics). We welcome those whose aim is to work with patient-focused teams providing high quality clinical services and bring fresh ideas. Working closely alongside our ward based clinical teams to ensure the delivery of high quality clinical pharmacy service, assist with medicines reconciliation by taking drug histories, ensuring patients receive appropriate information about their medicines and ensuring the risks associated with transfer of care are minimised. You will be involved with checking patient's own drugs, ordering medicines, patients counselling, training other healthcare professionals and dispensary duties. Opportunities for further development are encouraged, unless already in possession you will be required to undertake recognised qualification in medicines management and final accuracy checking with possibility for medicines administration training. Band 4/5 depending on qualifications. Part-time, full-time, flexible hours.,

• To undertake drug histories and medicines reconciliations at ward level, making any appropriate referrals to the ward pharmacist.
• To counsel patients regarding the correct and safe use of their medications
• To liaise with ward and pharmacy staff to facilitate prompt discharges
• To dispense all types of prescriptions and inpatients order and support the dispensary team
• To take part in accuracy checking duties (if qualified to do so)
• To assist in the training of junior staff
  
  Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.