Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicine Management.

Do you want to put your clinical knowledge to better use? Are you a registered Pharmacy technician seeking a greater sense of purpose and looking to make positive interactions with both patients and other healthcare professionals? If so like many others, you must be looking for a rewarding clinically focused career in hospital pharmacy! At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust we are committed to this vision and are passionate about supporting technicians who are willing to join us on this exciting journey.

Your focus will be to deliver a patient-centred ward pharmacy service by assisting the pharmacist with drug history taking to ensure medicines reconciliation is completed within 24 hours of admission.

This opportunity presents the successful candidates with a chance to build on any clinical experience they may already have. We are fully committed to your training and development to enable you to maximise your potential contribution to patient care and would actively support individuals.

As a GDE exemplar site we are a digitally advanced Trust with electronic prescribing in place since 2015, an Automated Dispensing System on each site, in excess of 200 electronic discharge referrals to community pharmacies per month and a wide range of other innovative digital solutions. We have an excellent support network for technicians of all grades and are unwavering in our commitment to your personal development. What are you waiting for apply today!, 1. To provide medicines management services to adult wards including compiling accurate medication histories and undertaking medicines reconciliation.
2. To undertake day-to-day supervision of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants within the team.
3. To provide training in pharmacy procedures, pharmacy stock control and electronic prescribing systems, including the signing off training logs to all members of staff.
4. To provide straightforward advice on pharmaceutical products and supply.
5. To work closely with other healthcare professionals at ward level.
6. To act as a professional role model for junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role
7. To contribute to the pharmacy service including dispensing and issuing prescriptions via the satellite and main dispensary. This will also involve accredited checking of prescriptions.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.