Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Meds Management & Medication Safety

Support the Clinical Pharmacists in developing, implementing and maintaining a medicines management service at ward level. This will include medicines reconciliation, the assessment of patients own drugs, providing original pack dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating supply of discharge medicines. Assist the Medication Safety Pharmacist to develop, deliver and evaluate the medication safety programme for the trust in line with objectives set by the Chief Pharmacist and Director of Medicines Optimisation Support and coordinate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to the wards. This will include the promotion of safe, effective and cost-effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary/secondary interface. Carry out pharmacy practice research and clinical audit in this area of practice. Promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, patient safety - clinical governance initiatives and adherence to trust policies and guidelines and advises on drug budget management in these areas Take responsibility for leading the team of ward-based technicians and managing their induction, training and appraisal. The post holder will also involve deputising for the Pharmacy Technician Team Manager - Medicines Management and Education, Training & Development in their absence.Main duties of the job Duties and responsibilities will involve, but are not excluded to, the following areas:

• Medicines Management Responsibilities
• Dispensary Responsibilities
• Education and Training Responsibilities
• Research and Development and Medication Safety Responsibilities
• Other and General Duties
  
  North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.