# Senior Pharmacy Technician Patient Services **Company**: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Salary**: £38488.00 to £46852.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9196-26-1233?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_d61cbfdd-311 ## Description We are seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our team at The Royal Brompton Hospital. As a Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will provide a professional, efficient, and customer-focused service in the Pharmacy Dispensary. The successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills, with the ability to work to a high standard within the team or on their own initiative. You will work as part of a friendly and supportive team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacists. **Main duties of the job** - Deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Principal Pharmacy Technician, Patient Services in their absence - Be responsible for the smooth daily running of the dispensary at Royal Brompton site - Work with the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Principal Pharmacy Technician to ensure the daily workload is covered and completed - Participate in the dispensing of inpatient, outpatient, discharge, and controlled drug prescriptions and the dispensing of clinical trials - Play a part in the continuing professional development and overall performance of all staff in the dispensary - Work as an accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) - Interact with other staff and patients both in person and over the telephone - Work flexibly across all GSTT sites **Job responsibilities** - Undertake accurate dispensing of prescriptions for in-patients and outpatients - Be an ACPT, undertaking the final check for dispensed prescriptions - Counsel patients on the use of their medicines - Assist with the maintenance of efficient stock control - Deal with returned medication from the wards and outpatients - Ensure daily stock checks cycle counts are carried out - Ensure that to-follow items are dispensed and sent to the wards or posted out to patients in a timely manner - Requisition stock from Pharmacy stores using the Epic system as required - Develop and implement systems to ensure CDs and dispensing workload is overseen and managed - Handle card transactions in respect of prescription charges for NHS and Private prescriptions - Ensure daily KPIs are achieved **Communication** - Work effectively as a leader of the Pharmacy team - Communicate effectively with senior members of staff, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacists, healthcare professionals, patients, and members of the public - Attend to personal callers and telephone requests in a courteous manner **Patient/customer care** - Organise posting or couriering of medication to patients - Refer appropriately to clinical pharmacists and/or the medicines advisory service, any queries that the patient may have that requires further expert advice - Comply with medicines legislation and Code of Ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council in respect of the dispensing of medicines and provision of information **Policy & Service development** - Take part in the review of working practices and procedures for the Pharmacy Department - Ensure dispensary procedures are maintained, updated, and adhered to at all times - Participate in audits - Analyse errors **Resource management** - Prepare private patient invoices using the Epic system - Be responsible for the security of the department and of Pharmaceutical supplies - Ensure adequate sundries are kept and ordered when needed - Undertake environmental monitoring for technical quality assurance, where appropriate **People management** - Deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Principal Pharmacy Technician, in their absence - Actively take part in the Departments CPD program - Attend study days as appropriate - Take part in the training of Pharmacy and hospital staff as required - Supervise the senior rotational pharmacy assistants and other pharmacy technicians working within the Dispensary **Information management** - Participate in the inputting of accurate data on the computer system - Participate in the archiving at the end of every month ## Skills ### Required - BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians - ACPT checking qualification - Ability to work quickly, accurately and in an organised manner - Good communication skills - Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software and Pharmacy related stock control applications ### Nice to have - Educational supervisor qualification - Edward Jenner or equivalent qualification - Member of APTUK - Previous Hospital Pharmacy experience - Previous experience in EPIC --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9196-26-1233?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)