Band 4 - Pharmacy Technician - Moorfields Job London area,Greater London England UK,Healthcare

Location: Greater London

Moorfields Eye Hospital are recruiting an experienced Band 4 Pharmacy Technician to join their highly skilled and qualified team.

Moorfields is the leading provider of eye health services in the UK and a world-class centre of excellence for ophthalmic research and education. Their clinical staff take great pride in providing high-quality care to their patients across their extensive specialist clinics, including their A&E department;
Paediatric clinic;
Retinal Therapy Unit;
Cataract, Glaucoma, Genetics, Oracular Oncology departments; and many more. It provides state-of-the-art operating facilities run by some of the UK’s leading ophthalmology surgeons, providing operative services including laser treatment, vision correction, cosmetic treatment, and various other corrective treatment for a range of eye conditions.

Responsibilities

The post holder will provide support to the Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists in the Pharmacy dispensaries in accordance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

To receive prescriptions from patients for dispensing

Following a period of training and assessment, to undertake the assembly of medicines for individual out/inpatients. This will involve:

Generating a label.
Choosing the correct medicine from stock.
Counting and packing the medicine.
Preparing prescriptions for checking by a Pharmacist or Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

To give out specific dispensed and checked medications with appropriate instructions to patients after appropriate training and assessment

To support stock control within the dispensaries including ordering and receiving stock from Pharmacy stores and distribution and stock rotation

To process prescription and over the counter payments where applicable

To assist in ward stock top ups after appropriate training. This will involve:

Visiting wards/departments and creating orders for stock medicines
Filling the order
Entering issues on the computer
Ensuring wards/departments receive their stock (via porter/courier) in a timely manner

To be involved in stock control for ancillary stock (e.g. bottles, bags and labels) in the Pharmacy dispensaries and ensure these are available in suitable quantities

To ensure that all relevant Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) are photocopied and are always available

To be involved in accurate stock control of medicines in the Pharmacy dispensaries and within clinical areas

To maintain clean and tidy dispensing facilities and safe systems of work including expiry date checking and correct disposal of medications

To undertake mandatory training

To be responsible for the filing of prescriptions on a daily basis

To undertake answering the telephone and dealing with queries where necessary, including liaising with other Pharmacy staff both at City Road and at Network sites

To handle medicines returned from the wards/departments and patients, making the appropriate computer records, and disposing of unwanted/expired stock following Trust policies and departmental procedures and in accordance with national guidance and legislation

To assist the Lead and Senior Pharmacy Technicians in receipt of medicinal stock from Pharmaceutical wholesalers when necessary

To assist in the prompt matching process of all delivery notes, orders and invoices

To book and arrange deliveries of medicinal stock to Moorfields Network sites

To arrange deliveries of medicines supplied on prescription to patients homes either by post or same day courier

Requirements

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC - Minimum 6 months’ work experience post qualification
BTEC or NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical services
ACPT accreditation (accuracy checking)
Recent experience of working in a Pharmacy
Experience of working in a Pharmacy dispensary
Experience of working in a hospital Pharmacy
Medicines Management/Medicines Optimisation Experience

Benefits

Flexible working hours
Weekly salary
Staffing Bank workers can contribute to their NHS pension
Priority of shifts over all agency workers
Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.

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