Pharmacy Technician - Information Governance/Dispensary CheckerNHS

Job summary

Pharmacy Technician - Information Governance / Dispensary Checker

Band 5 (37.5 hours per week)

£32,073 - £39,043 (pay award pending)

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered pharmacy technician to join our small but essential Audit and High-cost Drugs / Homecare team.

You will be working alongside the lead pharmacy technician to support the provision of medication via homecare services in line with National Standards. This will involve liaising with patients, clinical teams across the Trust and homecare providers to maintain current relations, provide expertise and ensure a high quality of care for the increasing number of patients who receive their medicines via these services.

You will be based at Southport & Ormskirk DGH however duties will entail travelling to other sites within Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as required.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the department's checking, late night, weekend working & Bank Holiday rotas. Our core working hours are 8.30 to 5pm Monday to Friday plus our weekend service 8.30am to 4.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake a variety of detailed audits in Information Governance areas such as safe & secure handling of medicines, controlled drugs and patient safety. This will involve the input & analysis of data, formulation of action plans and ensuring all recommendations are followed through to completion.

If you are looking for a new challenge and are an enthusiastic, progressive and self-motivated pharmacy technician with a passion for spreadsheets and databases we would love to hear from you. You should enjoy working flexibly in a team but must also be capable of working independently and working to strict deadlines. You must be accurate, numerate, highly organised, and possess good IT & communication skills.

Qualification requirements: BTEC in Pharmaceutical science, S/NVQ 3 in Pharmacy services (or equivalent) registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and a Northwest Framework Accredited Checking qualification (or equivalent).

Previous homecare medicines and / or audit experience would be desirable but full training will be provided.

For further information or an informal visit please contact:

Karen Harwood Lead Pharmacy Technician High-Cost Drugs & Homecare Tel: 01704704164, email [email protected]

For audit information, Claire Richardson Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician Tel: 01704704166, email [email protected]

Job description

1. To be a member of the Pharmaceutical Service team as required at Southport District General, or Ormskirk District General Hospitals.

2. To produce an annual audit plan for the safe storage handling and security of drugs across the ICO in conjunction with the Technical Services Manager.

3. To undertake in-depth ward, department and clinic audits for safe storage handling and security of drugs across the ICO, in accordance to the national guidance; providing a written and/or electronic summary to the Technical Services Manager.

4. Contribute to the analysis and audit of Datix incidents working closely to provide support to the Medicines Safety Pharmacist.

5. Contribute to point prevalence antimicrobial audit working closely with the Antimicrobial Pharmacist

6. To contribute to the maintenance of the departmental forward audit plan in conjunction with the Clinical Services Manager.

7. To be involved in data collection and analysis covering a wide range of Pharmacy audits; producing reports and action plans in line with Trust guidance.

8. To participate in inpatient, outpatient and discharge dispensing including extemporaneous, unlicensed, controlled drugs & Clozaril / Aricept within the guidelines of the GPhC Guidelines for Medicines Ethics and Practice.

About us

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 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme