The pharmacy team, which works across RWT’s hospital and community sites, plays a vital role in how we provide safe and effective patient care.
Team members include:
- Pharmacists
- Technicians
- Assistant technical officers
- Admin staff
- Support staff
The team provides:
- Ward-based services
- Medicine advice to professionals and patients
- Medicine safety evaluations
- Development of protocols
- Safe sourcing procurement of medication
- Ward distribution of medication – using modern technology such as a pharmacy robot, aseptic pharmacy service in the production of chemotherapy, and total parenteral nutrition
- Clinical trials services
- An operational dispensary service
- Services to primary care
The below videos explain more about the roles of Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician: