We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team and support in the provision of professional medicines management across the Hospital and  to participate in the work of the dispensary. The team ensures a high level of professional pharmacy practice at all times in accordance with standards, to ensure patients and staff receive assistance in a timely manner, liaising efficiently with medical and other hospital staff.

Some of the duties of the role will include:

• Counsel patients regarding their medication regimes in order to ensure complete patient understanding, including benefits of their medication and possible side effects. These may be patients with certain barriers, e.g. hearing problems, language issues.
• Deal with queries from patients and other hospital staff, referring complex issues to the relevant pharmacist or other relevant hospital staff, such as departmental head.
• Maintain high quality of data input of patient information into the pharmacy computer system in order to ensure excellent labelling standards for dispensed medicines.
• Assist with the implementation and build of MEDITECH Expanse, ensuring accurate entry of formulary items, validation of data, and supporting pharmacists in testing system workflows prior to go-live.
• Agree stock medicines with departmental leads and ensure stock levels of all products are accurate and support the appropriate ordering of stock through liaison with the Chief Pharmacist.