AddressSanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to take on a new locum role.
Pharmacy Technician Pay Rate: £20-£21 per hour (assignment rate)
Location: Hayes
Benefits of working with us:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
Duties of the Pharmacy Technician:
- Administer medication and adhere to statutory and organisational requirements and guidelines relating to this
- Administer Controlled Medication in accordance with the local CD SOP
- Provide advice to prisoners about their medications Check medication charts and cross off out of date prescriptions and order prescription renewals HC Pharmacy Tech
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- Undertake risk assessments of prisoners for ‘In-Possession’ medication
- Refer problems relating to clinical the clinical management of a patient to the appropriate clinician (e.g. GP, practice nurse)
- Respond to healthcare emergencies within the prison
- Manage minor ailments and administer medication from the ‘homely remedy’ list as appropriate
- Undertake basic observations (BP, pulse, blood glucose, temperature, SATS) as required and respond to abnormalities accordingly
- Recognise signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol withdrawal and support individuals who have substance misuse problems.
- Support patients who are distressed and could be at risk of harm to themselves or others or who are at risk of suicide
- Assist patients with their activities of daily living ensuring that identified needs are met
- Identify shortfalls and overages in stock levels, equipment failure and liaise with appropriate staff to reconcile
- Work collaboratively with the team to meet the needs of patients with specified long term conditions by providing quality evidence based care
- Assist with stock control and equipment checking (All clinical areas and emergency bags)
- When required act as second signatory for controlled drugs on the house units and ensure that all requirements of the CD SOP are followed
- Undertake such duties as may be reasonably required from time to time, as are consistent with the responsibility and scale of the post
- Support the promotion of health and wellbeing of prisoners
- Assist with clerical and administrative duties as required
Requirements of the Pharmacy Technician:
- GPHC Registration
- Previous experience within a UK based Pharmacy setting
- NVQ or equivalent – Pharmacy Technician qualification
Contact:
This Pharmacy Technician job is advertised by Billy Clark; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from the following job titles: Pharmacy Dispenser, Accuracy Checking Technician & Medicine Management Technician. NHS experience is desirable for most of our clients.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Pharmacy Technician role as we need to meet our clients requirements.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
