Job Title:  Pharmacy Technician

Location:  Lisburn

Salary:  £14.06

Hours: 37.5 hours p/w

To assist in the provision of a comprehensive, high quality and efficient pharmacy service to Healthcare in Prison. The post holder will work as an effective member of the Healthcare in Prison Pharmacy team providing comprehensive Medicines Management and dispensing services.

Key Duties

Dispensary 

• Assist in the provision of all aspects of the dispensary services to Healthcare in Prison under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• To dispense prescriptions for patients using the pharmacy computer system.
• Participate in the treatment room pharmacy service including monitoring stock usage and liaising with the Primary Care nurse with regards to stock control.
• Responsible for monitoring fridge temperatures and fridge logs, taking appropriate action to ensure the cold chain is maintained.
• Perform duties in accordance with the department’s safe systems of work and procedures including the use of equipment and machines, handling of chemicals, lifting and handling.
• Maintain equipment and dispensing areas in a clean and orderly manner.
• Process returns from treatment rooms and ensure they are safe for reuse.
• Ensure the safe disposal of medication deemed unsuitable for reuse

Medicines Management 

• Issue self-administration medication to patients, providing medication counselling where appropriate.
• Assist nursing staff with administration of Controlled Drugs and the maintenance of Controlled Drug registers and the Controlled Drug Cabinet.
• Ensure that appropriate stock levels of medications and pharmacy items are available in each treatment room by providing efficient top-up services and ensuring that all daily requisitions are processed.
• Assist relevant pharmacy personnel in the optimisation of pharmaceutical product use by monitoring stock levels, managing non-stock items, checking expiry dates and processing returns.
• Responsible for monitoring fridge temperatures and fridge logs, taking appropriate action to ensure the cold chain is maintained.
• Make appropriate entries on patients computerised medical records (EMIS system) regarding medication concerns.
• Responsible for the re-ordering of patients repeat medications ensuring continuity of supply at all times.
• Responsible for regular monitoring of self-administration medications to ensure that patients are not abusing/misusing their medication.

Essential Criteria

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working as a Student Pharmacy Technician, or equivalent, for a minimum of 14 hours per week.
• Shortlisting by Application Form  Qualifications/ Registration BTEC and NVQ3 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent.

• Equivalent knowledge-based qualifications include:

City and Guilds Level 3 Cert in Pharmacy Services (100/5845/X)

SQA level 3 Cert in Pharmacy Services (G753 04 or GA6P46)

NPA Level 3 Underpinning knowledge programme

Buttercups Level3 knowledge-based programme  Dispensing Certificate of the Royal Army Medical Corps or the Royal Air Force  NPA 2-year

Dispensing Technicians correspondence course completed prior to 1998

Boots 2-year dispenser training course completed prior to 1993

Boots 1 year dispenser training course completed after 1993 but before March 2005 plus accredited top-up training module plus assessment of competence

• Equivalent NVQ3 qualifications include:

City and Guilds NVQ3 Pharmacy services (100/2201/6 or 500/0576/6)

Edexcel NVQ3 Pharmacy services (100/2615/0 or 500/9578/X)

SQA Level 3 Pharmacy Services (G759 23 or GA08 23)

Note:  

Candidates qualifying by July 2024 will be eligible to apply and if successful will be offered the post, pending qualification.

A start date will be agreed following confirmation of qualification.

Other Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment.

This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Shortlisting by Application Form

The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Skills / Abilities

• Effective communication skills
• Organisational ability
• Computer literacy
• Basic numeracy skills
• Computer literacy
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

How to Apply

If you wish to apply or would like more information, please email your CV to daniel.finlay@applerecruitment.com

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