Pharmacy Technician- Ward and Community Based Medicines Management

Are you looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge?

As an MMT, you will be responsible for providing a safe, efficient and accurate ward based service for virtual ward and hospital in-patients including medicines reconciliation, patient counselling and ensuring safe and timely discharges.

Undertake further education and training to advance the role of Pharmacy Technicians within the department.

Support the work of the main dispensary in the provision of an extended hour's service and will be expected to expand and broaden your skills and abilities.

This role includes cross site working; therefore ability to commute between sites is essential.

Support the Ward Based team in a very busy pharmacy department. This challenging position combines the duties of ward work both for in-patients and virtual ward patients within our Community services team.

Prioritise and manage your own workload to provide a Medicines Management Service to both in-patients on the wards and those cared for by our Virtual Wards within community services.

Coordinate with other sections and members of the multi-disciplinary teams.

Participate in completion of Safe and Secure Handling of Medication (SASHM) and Controlled Drug audits.

Support the supervision and training of assistants and students.

All applicants must have proven experience and ability of delivering pharmaceutical services within a pharmacy environment. Total flexibility of working hours is a necessity. Applications from community pharmacy technicians with the relevant qualifications may be considered as full training and support will be given.

Qualifications required: NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC (Pharmaceutical Science), Level 3 Diploma in The Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent, and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

The applicant will be expected to be, or be working towards being, an ACT to routinely final accuracy check individually dispensed items for inpatients, discharges and controlled drugs within both the dispensary and ward environments.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are proudly diverse. We value diversity of thinking and lived experience and are committed to creating a supportive working environment with flexible working arrangements.

We have achieved numerous awards, including The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.