Specialist Mental Health Services Pharmacy Technician

• Aug 2021 - Present

Senior Pharmacy Technician (Accuracy checking / Medicine Management)

• Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

Researching the patient's drug history, rapidly completing medicine reconciliation for new admissions. Ensuring any POD CD medicines are safely stored in the CD cupboard, alerts created on PMR and note made on Nursing Handover to flag their existence so they can be used in the eDL, given back at discharge, or permission given to destroy them. Overseeing reuse of the patient's own medication where appropriate. Top up the bedside cabinet with any stock medicines. Complete locker checks and Counsel patients on their medication e.g. warfarin. Counsel patients potentially going home within the next 48hours on the medicines they are likely to be taking, ahead of discharge.Working with ward pharmacists, the team of doctors and nurses, so that the doctors can prescribe the medicines more quickly, ward pharmacists can order them more quickly to reduce the number of omitted medicines and doses. Liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a safe, efficient and cost-effective service

Accuracy Checking Hospital Pharmacy Tech

• Feb 2019 - Oct 2019

To act as an Accredited final checker for dispensed items. Maintaining an electronic database of prescription information. Working on the need for business and pharmacy Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) and all regulations. Training and helping student pharmacy technicians. Checking Controlled drug orders and maintaining a database of dispensed and accuracy checked controlled drug medication. Communicating with prescribers about patients and medication changes. Accuracy Checking and helping fellow Technicians on Clozapine and depot injections dispensing and checking bloods on the CPMS website.

Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Tech & Out patient Dispensary Responsible Person

• Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

To act as an accredited final checker for dispensed items for both In and out-patients dispensing. Provide leadership within the dispensary. Managing Out-Patient Pharmacy Dispensary. Working to the need of Pharmacy Dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).Counseling patients on hand out of their medication. Help new trainees and to supervise the work of others and contribute to their learning following the identification of dispensing errors. Maintaining professionalism, attention to detail and good communication with all other Departments within the Hospital. Communicating with specialist Clinics like Rheumatology, Dermatology, Tuberculosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Clinical Trials and liaising with doctors and nurses about patient's medication changes and blood results.

Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Tech

• Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

To act as an accredited final checker for dispensed items. Supporting the Chief Pharmacist in the strategic development of the Pharmacy Service. Counseling patients on their discharge from the hospital and liaising with the patient's GP practice and Community pharmacy about the change in medication during their stay in the Hospital. Assessment of the patient's own drugs and drug history taking. Clinical ward-based duties, including counselling and, transcribing. Final checker for In and Out-patient dispensing.

Accredited Checking Technician, Pharmacy Dispensary Manager

• Jan 2012 - Nov 2017

Medication errors and psychology of errorsValidating the scriptWorking with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and recognise the importance of adhering to them Continuing Professional DevelopmentSound knowledge of legal requirements for dispensing (dispensary) or manufacture (technicalservices) of medicines and medicinal products. Medication errors and psychology of errorsValidating the scriptWorking with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and recognise the importance of adhering to them Continuing Professional DevelopmentSound knowledge of legal requirements for dispensing (dispensary) or manufacture (technicalservices) of medicines and medicinal products.

Responsible Person for Wholesale Dealers License at Z & N Limited T/A Park Road Pharmacy

• Sep 2013 - Feb 2016

Responsible Person - Good knowledge of Quality Management system which includes the procedures to ensure medicinal products are procured, held and supplied in a way that is compliant and to ensure operations do not compromise the quality of medicines with the requirements of Good Distribution Practice Procedures to maintain records related to the wholesale activities of the business and to establish deviations are documented and investigated. To ensure the provisions of the licence are observed Dealing with Corrective action, Preventative action (CAPA), Root cause analysis, To ensure that an adequate quality system is established and maintained. To oversee audit of the quality system and to carry out independent audits. Quality meeting, Change management plan. Management review and monitoring.To ensure that adequate records are maintained and all personnel are trained. Full and prompt cooperation with product licence holders in the event of recalls.