Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Pharmacy Technician to join our Integrated Community Services (ICSD) Pharmacy team. The ICSD Pharmacy team plays a significant role in supporting patients following an acute hospital admission or to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital during periods of acute illness.

The role will include under supervision working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Consultants, Nurses, Pharmacy, Support Workers, Therapists, independent providers and colleagues within Local Authority. We also work closely with independent providers of care providing training around medication.

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The objectives of the service are to support the delivery of safe, clinically effective, and cost-effective prescribing by medicines optimisation, minimising waste, reduction in polypharmacy and highlighting potential safeguarding issues regarding medication. We work collaboratively across the healthcare system, with care homes, community services, CCG’s, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, social care, community pharmacy, families and carers to support and optimise medicines use for residents in care homes and patients and service users in their own homes. Our goal is to support individuals, to reach an appropriate level of independence with their medicines and to support other healthcare professionals gain insight into medicines management.

 

Main duties of the job

  • To work with other members of the ICSD Pharmacy team to improve medicines management across bed and home-based community services, including services such as Neighbourhood teams, Admission Avoidance, Home First, Virtual wards, Home Support Reablement and bed-based Intermediate Care.
  • To support safe and cost-effective delivery of pharmaceutical services to patients in bed-based services and domiciliary care, where appropriate
  • Support clinical pharmacy services, including medicine reconciliation and administration support.

 

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 with BTEC in Pharmacy Services with appropriate underpinning knowledge or equivalent.
  • Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Desirable

  • Good all round technical knowledge and basic clinical knowledge.

 

Experience

Essential

  • A minimum of 12 months’ prior clinical experience of work in a hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, PCN or ICB.

Desirable

  • Ability to work under own initiative and with supervision.

 

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal, IT and written.
  • Able to work as part of a team.

Desirable

  • Good time management skills.

 

Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development / education.

 

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

 

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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