Job overview

Pharmacy Technician - Rotational (Band 4) 

If you are looking for new challenges in a supportive and enthusiastic environment in a stunning part of the country, this post could be exactly what you are looking for. The newly created post is located within the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, which provides a variety of healthcare services covering the Lake district and is also close to the beautiful Scottish Borders.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Department at the Cumberland Infirmary as a Rotational Pharmacy Technician working with our Aseptics, Dispensary and Medicines management teams.

Main duties of the job

• Dispense pharmaceutical preparations for in-patients, outpatients and discharge prescriptions, including label generation using the pharmacy computer system, interpreting handwritten instructions from medical, nursing, technical and pharmacist staff.
• Interpret prescriptions and issue stock in order to maintain stock levels.
• Participate in systems for the Use of Patients Own Medicines / Individual Dispensing for Patients / Self-Medication on completion of ward services training pack.
• Advise patients on the correct use of medicines, knowing when to refer to a more experienced member of staff.
• Advise nursing staff on the safe handling and storage of drugs.
• Be aware of, and understand the handling requirements, spillages and needle stick injuries when preparing cytotoxic drugs, including the necessity to report untoward incidents promptly to a senior member of staff.
• Participate in the pharmacy technician rota in accordance with the needs of the service and the policy of the pharmacy department.
• Record electronically all drug interventions identified and dealt with whilst working on allocated wards and in the dispensary.
• Document, and assist with documentation of, medication errors identified at ward level and in the dispensary.
• Participate in systems for achieving efficient and effective stock control.
• Assist in all aspects of the pharmacy computer system.
• Maintain registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.  The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

·       Being a clinically led organisation

·        Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

·        A positive patient experience every time

·        A great place to work

·        Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.