Senior Pharmacy Technician • Portsmouth Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSenior Pharmacy Technician with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Portsmouth, Hampshire\n\n An exciting opportunity had arisen for an experienced Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to join the St Mary's Pharmacy team, working within the St Mary's Community Health Campus in Portsmouth. The team dispenses medicines to all patients attending or admitted to healthcare units in the Trust's East area, and provides support and supply services, in particular to Mental Health and Community Hospitals. Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians provide clinical pharmacy services to wards and community patients across the Trusts service lines and localities, including services into GP practices. This role is dispensary based and suitable applicants will have the necessary problem solving and decision making skills and experience to add value to a team dedicated to providing an approachable, efficient and accurate pharmacy service. *Labelling and dispensing of medication, including controlled drugs, monitored dose systems and clinical trials *Final checking of prescriptions for accuracy prior to release. *Participating in ward-based Medicines Management services to on and off-site wards on a rotation *Participating in the rotation of the clozapine service. *Collecting NHS prescription charges and using the till including cashing up procedures. *Liaising with ward staff, clinics and other healthcare professionals, ensuring problems with prescriptions are referred to the appropriate member of staff *Provision of information on the correct use of medicines, counselling patients *Providing compliance aids / cards to minimise barriers to concordance and tailor the pharmacy service to the needs of the individual patients *Ensure that each patient has sufficient understanding of how to manage their treatment including to-follow arrangements where necessary *Prioritisation of workload to meet transport deadlines *Contributing to pharmaceutical stock control within the department and on the wards, including participating in stock checks, tracing and resolving stock discrepancies and liaising with procurement and distribution staff as necessary *Contributing to the development of competency based training packages *Participating in data collection for planned audits About us Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. "}