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Higher Level Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital
Full Time – 37.5 hours but consideration will be given to those wishing to work part time hours.
Band 5 £25,100 - £31,649
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Mental Health & Learning Disability pharmacy team, as a higher level pharmacy technician.
The post holder will have a key role in supporting the provision of a busy dispensing service for both in-patients and out-patients attending the Royal Cornhill Hospital. As well as being actively involved in all aspects of the dispensing process, including the final accuracy checking of prescriptions, the post holder will be required to deputise for the Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician in their absence. In this role the post holder will assume responsibility for the day to day organisation of the dispensary workload, technical support to wards and also for co-ordinating the dispensing and supply of clozapine to both in-patients and out-patients in Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire.
The post holder will have a lead role in medicines management at ward level, supporting clinical pharmacists with the medicines reconciliation process, check patients’ own medicines and organise medicines supply for in-patient stay and at discharge. In addition the post holder will have a lead role in medicines related audit as well as the delivery of training on the safe and secure handling of medicines to nursing staff. This post also includes a commitment to rotational weekend working in the dispensary at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Applications are invited from registered pharmacy technicians holding an Accredited Checking Technician qualification who have an interest in working within mental health.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact either Angela MacManus, Principal Pharmacist (ext 57599) or Caroline Page, Lead Pharmacy Technician (ext 57489).