Ward Pharmacy Technician (Band 5) inRotherham inRotherham PUBLISHED
WED 13 NOV 2024
The position requires collaboration with various healthcare professionals to facilitate effective patient care and safe discharges. The technician will also play a role in implementing standard operating procedures related to medication and responding to audits to improve medication practices. This role is essential in ensuring that patients receive high-quality care and appropriate support for their mental health needs during their hospital stay.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician's based on Osprey Ward
Osprey Ward is located at Swallownest Court and is an 18 bedded mixed gender acute mental health ward. We work as a multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care to patient's experiencing a wide range of mental illness. We ensure our patients receive purposeful admissions, covering assessment, diagnosis, interventions and treatment. We work collaboratively with a range of professionals including community mental health teams, social workers and occupational therapists to support our patients to regain stability and facilitate a safe discharge into the community, ensuring patients receive effective post-discharge support.
Admission
o Conduct a level 2 reconciliation and drug card check.
o Confirm and update allergy status.
o Take account of Mental Health Act consent to treat restrictions when administering medication.
o Assess patients own medicines at admission for use within policy.
During stay
o Support the generation and adherence to patient level medicines care plans.
o Administer regular medication and prompt / support self-administration where appropriate.
o Administer PRN medicines, where appropriate, following nurse assessment.
o Have oversight of the adherence to patients' monitoring with respect to medicine use i.e. GASS, ECG, physical health monitoring (within competencies).
o Co-ordinate leave medicines (to include label and supply within policy).
o Support MDT / PIPA meetings regarding medicines issues pertinent to the patients care.
o Maintain the EPMA record, reporting gaps to ward management.
o Provide medicines information (verbal and / or written) to patients, involving pharmacist or other clinicians where necessary.
o Review and support the update and implementation of ward level medicines related SOPs.
o Respond to medicines related audit outcomes to ensure action plans are implemented.
About us
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