Rotational Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, reliable Pharmacy Technician to be involved in delivering enhanced medicines management service on a rotational basis across Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Parklands Hospital. Promoting the safe and effective utilisation of medicines in all care situations, working with care staff and patients directly to ensure patients receive the highest standards of care in the management of their medication. Duties will include medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients own drugs (POD's), checking of medication for discharge and the counselling of patients.

You will be managed by the Lead Medicines Management Technicians and Education and Training team to ensure you are following the legal, ethical, professional and employers code of conduct.

Main duties of the job

To identify patients newly admitted to in-patient units to obtain an accurate medication history and ensure timely medicines reconciliation to facilitate a smooth admission service.

Appropriately referring interventions back to the clinical pharmacists or liaising with other members of the MDT within scope and experience.

Documenting interventions and discrepancies on the electronic patient records.

To facilitate the supply in a timely fashion of any non-stock medication for individual patients with insufficient medication for their current treatment.

To assess the suitability of any Patients Own Drugs for use.

Dispensing inpatient, outpatient or discharge medication as required.

To facilitate safe discharge by organising timely supply of new or additional items required for discharge where insufficient is held on the ward.

To counsel patients, their carer's, and healthcare professional on doses, frequency, side effects, benefits of taking medicines/completing courses of medication, interactions with other medicines, using tact and overcoming barriers to understanding.

To dispense prescriptions from outpatients, wards and other clinical areas, ensuring that standard operating procedures are followed.

Handing out the final dispensed product including counselling for patients, carers or healthcare professionals as required.

Performing locker checks for patients who has been an in-patient for longer than 7 days.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.

Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.