Full Time
Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
26,530 - 29,114 £ / Year
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Pharmacy Technician to join our Integrated Community Services (ICSD) Pharmacy team. The ICSD Pharmacy team plays a significant role in supporting patients following an acute hospital admission or to prevent avoidable admissions to hospital during periods of acute illness.
The role will include under supervision working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Consultants, Nurses, Pharmacy, Support Workers, Therapists, independent providers and colleagues within Local Authority. We also work closely with independent providers of care providing training around medication.
The objectives of the service are to support the delivery of safe, clinically effective, and cost-effective prescribing by medicines optimisation, minimising waste, reduction in polypharmacy and highlighting potential safeguarding issues regarding medication. We work collaboratively across the healthcare system, with care homes, community services, CCG’s, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, social care, community pharmacy, families and carers to support and optimise medicines use for residents in care homes and patients and service users in their own homes. Our goal is to support individuals, to reach an appropriate level of independence with their medicines and to support other healthcare professionals gain insight into medicines management.
Main duties of the job
To work with other members of the ICSD Pharmacy team to improve medicines management across bed and home based community services including services such as Neighbourhood teams, Admission Avoidance, Home First, Virtual wards, Home Support Reablement and bed based Intermediate Care
To support safe and cost effective delivery of pharmaceutical services to patients in bed based services and domiciliary care where appropriate
Support clinical pharmacy services including medicines reconciliation and administration support.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
NVQ Level 3 with BTEC in Pharmacy Services with appropriate underpinning knowledge or equivalent
Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Certificate of Sponsorship
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