Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Pharmacy Technician Specialist
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Medicines Management Specialist Pharmacy Technician
We are looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated Medicines Management Specialist Pharmacy Technician to join the pharmacy team at CPFT, working alongside a small but friendly, dedicated and experienced team of pharmacy staff.
Location
Based on The Intermediate Care Unit at The City Care Centre in Peterborough, you will be responsible for the provision of the day-to-day clinical medicines management technician service to the wards at The Intermediate Care Unit, and in addition provide support to Trafford ward, in Wisbech, if needed.
Responsibilities
This role will include:
- Undertaking patient medication histories
- Medicines reconciliation
- Assessment of patient’s own medicines
- Maintaining the system of ‘dispensing for discharge’
The successful candidate will work closely with the specialist clinical pharmacists and multidisciplinary team to:
- Identify patients who have specific medicine management needs
- Plan to resolve these during their stay
- Promote rehabilitation and independence of patients, by supporting self-administration of medicines and providing medicines information and advice
- Help to ensure medicines are used effectively, and improve awareness of medicines and their side effects
- Support effective planning and organisation of medicines for discharge to enable a seamless transfer of care by liaising with appropriate healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust
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Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have:
- A flexible approach to needs of the service
- A strong teamwork ethic
- Well organised and able to prioritise their own work
- Good communication skills
- Confidence working independently, and as a fully integrated member of the multidisciplinary team
- A strong sense of accountability
- The ability to work under pressure at times
If you are looking for a new challenge and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference to our patients, then we want to hear from you.
About Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
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To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
Contact Information
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Lucy Oakley
- Job title: Advanced Pharmacist Community Health Services
- Email address: lucy.oakley@cpft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01733 847137
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