Specialist Pharmacy Technician inCambridge Bio Medical Campus inCambridge Bio Medical Campus PUBLISHED
WED 30 OCT 2024
The role of Specialist Pharmacy Technician at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust involves two primary specialties: Cardiology and Thoracic.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide specialized counseling to patients on new medications and lifestyle guidance.
- Serve as the main liaison for the discharge lounge, manage operations, and oversee stock management, including monitoring controlled drugs.
- Conduct clinical audits and assist with methotrexate prescriptions and adherence checks.
- Coordinate with Cath labs and facilitate compassionate use medicines.
- Deliver training to nurses and junior staff on safe medication practices.
- Dispense and verify prescriptions for clinical trials, ensuring proper documentation and pharmacy procedures.
- Offer supervision to student technicians and may deputize for lead pharmacists when needed.
Candidates are expected to embody the Trust Values of Compassion, Excellence, and Collaboration. Interested applicants should review the detailed role profile and reach out for further information if needed.
Specialist Pharmacy Technician Cardiology:
- Provide specialised counselling to patients newly prescribed medications, offering lifestyle guidance and support
- Serve as the primary liaison for the discharge lounge and support its operations
- Line management responsibilities
- Managing and updating stock lists, including fridge monitoring and controlled drugs, ensuring efficient stock management
- Coordinate with Cath labs to manage and oversee stock in that area
- Assisting with clinical audits
- Deputising for the lead pharmacist in cardiology meetings when necessary
- Collaborate with discharge focus groups to enhance service development
- Delivering training to nurses and new staff on commonly prescribed medications, ensuring safe and effective patient counselling
Specialist Pharmacy Technician Thoracic
- Checking inhaler techniques and providing specialised counselling to patients such as those on homecare medications
- Line management responsibilities
- Performing adherence checks with patients using a validated questionnaire
- Managing and updating stock lists, including fridge monitoring and controlled drugs, ensuring efficient stock management
- Coordinating compassionate use medicines, ensuring timely tracking and distribution
- Assisting with methotrexate prescriptions, which may involve reviewing blood results
- Supporting the annual review process by gathering issue data to check adherence for the pharmacist
- Assisting in clinical audits
In the role, you will
Dispense and accuracy checkprescriptions for clinical trials and compassionate use programs
Maintain and produce accurate documentation required for clinical trials
Be responsible for the smooth initiation, running and close of clinical trials
Implement and revise pharmacy clinical trials procedures
Provide training and supervision to student pharmacy technicians and registered technicians working in Clinical Trials Pharmacy
Deputise for the clinical trials pharmacists when necessary
About us
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
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