Pharmacy Technician inSouthport inSouthport PUBLISHED TUE 14 JAN 2025

Job Summary

An opportunity has arisen for a qualified Pharmacy Technician to join a developing team of pharmacy staff serving Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.

The post will be based at either Southport District General or Ormskirk District General but the ability to travel to all hospitals within the Trust is essential. Duties will include inpatient, out-patient and ward-based dispensing, stock control, Aseptic preparation, ordering and supply of medicines.

Main duties of the job

Qualification requirements: BTEC in Pharmaceutical science/NVQ 3 in Pharmacy services or equivalent.

About Us

Please see job description for further information

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
  
  

Date posted

30 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-6832460

Job locations

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital

Town Lane

Southport and Ormskirk

PR8 6PN

Job Description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

• To be a member of the Pharmaceutical Service team as required at Southport District General, or Ormskirk District General Hospitals.
• To participate in inpatient, outpatient and discharge dispensing including extemporaneous, unlicensed, controlled drugs & Clozaril within the guidelines of the GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals.
• To undertake cytotoxic dispensing in accordance with departmental procedures and the criteria set out under COSHH Regulations and Regional and National Standards.
• To undertake specialist dispensing involving the use of aseptic technique to a suitable standard in preparation of sterile products in accordance with Aseptic Procedures and under the direction of the Senior Technician and Aseptic Services Manager.
• To undertake cytotoxic reconstitution and dispensing in accordance with the recommendations contained in the aseptic production manual and in accordance with the criteria set out under COSHH Regulations and Regional and National Standards.
• To be an active member on the Trusts Intrathecal Registering enabling the preparation of Intrathecal cytotoxic Injections in accordance with Trust and Departmental Procedures.
• To participate in Annual Performance Appraisal Reviews, setting joint objectives in relation to the Trust set objectives.
• To co-operate in the operation and development of the ASCribe Pharmacy computer system under the direction of the Computer Services Manager.
• In the absence of the Dispensary, Stores and Purchasing and Computer Services Managers raise and release orders internally and to external wholesalers after appropriate, documented training and in line with departmental procedures.
• To participate in the physical receipt of medicines and sundries, including signing for delivery and put away such items in the appropriate location ensuring stock rotation. To assist in the maintenance of stock levels and stock storage ensuring efficient turnover whilst maintaining quality and potency.
• To participate in ward topping-up for individual patient and stock drug supplies service under the supervision of the Stores and Purchasing Manager in accordance with departmental procedures.
• To participate in extemporaneous dispensing in line with the Guide to the Preparation of non-sterile extemporaneous products in NHS Hospitals and departmental procedures under the guidance of the Responsible Pharmacist.
• To raise orders through the ASCribe computer system for wards and departments as per approved stock order sheets.
• To answer telephone and face to face queries of a routine or technical nature from a wide range of staff groups, either in the Pharmacy or on the wards. Refer appropriate queries to the relevant member of the Pharmacy team when necessary.
• To liaise with various members of the Pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients.
• To undertake Patient Counseling in the Out-patient area taking into account difficult situations which can arise with aggressive, elderly, terminally ill patients and/or complex medication regimes.
• To participate in the assessment of patients own medicines at ward level, to record and act on interventions where appropriate and counsel patients on the use of their discharge medication.
• To participate in ward-based discharge.
• To assemble stocks of medicines for wards, departments, and associated hospitals.
• To accuracy check orders of stock medicines for wards, departments, and associated