Senior Pharmacy Technician - Frailty (Sheppey Community Hospital) • Gillingham Medway 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 - Frailty (Sheppey Community Hospital) with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Gillingham\n\n Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Frailty (Sheppey Community Hospital & Medway Hospital) Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies Band: 5 or band 4-5 progression depending on essential criteria requirements Salary: £26,530 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata We are recruiting for a Senior Pharmacy Technician who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff. We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join our clinical pharmacy team. The post includes the provision of clinical ward-based services at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and the sub-acute frailty ward to support care closer to Sheppey and Medway patients. This is an exciting opportunity for a technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to working at ward level across two sites providing ward-based specialist clinical pharmacy services . We are looking for someone with experience or someone looking to progress to a senior level. The post holder will be educated to NVQ level 3 in pharmacy services, BTEC (or equivalent) in pharmaceutical sciences and BTEC Accuracy Checking qualification. Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is essential. Our values are B old, E very Person Counts, S haring and Open and T ogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust. We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today. About us The post holder will work on the wards providing clinical services on the wards, delivering quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimisation. As part of the Clinical Pharmacy Team, you will be able to be get involved with critical projects developing the service and care for our patients across interfaces including the safe transfer of care around medicines. The Clinical Pharmacy Team will lead on medicines optimisation strategies including palliative and end of life care. The Frailty team will utilise tool such as STOPP-START, STOP and 7 STEPs in response to the National Overprescribing Review pledge of September 2021 around polypharmacy and overprescribing This will include the assessment of patients own drugs, medicine reconciliation, and discharge planning, counselling patients about their medicines and coordinating the supply of discharge medication to ensure patient flow. The post holders will work with the clinical pharmacy team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will involve being a Practice/Educational supervisor, Line management and leadership and will also involve taking responsibility for a defined area of service delivery (frailty sub-acute lone off-site working). The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities including dispensing-on-ward activity and working as an accredited checking Technician. "}