What an amazing response to our Nominate to Celebrate social media campaign.
02 November 2021
We had an amazing response to our call for member nominations for pharmacy technicians who soared to new heights or have simply been amazing over the last year. Twitter was busy throughout Pharmacy Technician Day, with nominations still coming into us well into the day itself.
Unfortunately, there are too many to list them all, but here are some of the fantastic nominations we received.
- Laura Anderson from Kincardine and Mearns Pharmacy Team has soared in 2021 as despite the many changes in staff, Laura has been consistently helpful and will go above and beyond to assist patients, her pharmacy colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team. On top of working full time, Laura has also been studying very hard towards a college course which she is excelling in.
- Garry Sibley-Gough and Emma Sibley-Gough from Cambridge have soared in 2021 because of the hours, days and weeks that they have spent running the vaccine clinics across their PCN.
- All the Medicines Management pharmacy technicians working for the former North West Boroughs NHS Trust now part of Mersey Care NHS Trust soared in 2021 working tirelessly through a global pandemic and a merger, still delivering a fantastic service to our patients and supporting our staff.
- Karen Noble from Renfrewshire HSCP in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has soared in 2021 because she has proactively assisted people living with mental health conditions by piloting a pharmacy technician-led antidepressant review service.
- Leanne Johnstone from Renfrewshire HSCP in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has soared in 2021 because she has led the implementation of a pharmacy technician-led prescribing support hub to support GP practices to process medicines reconciliation, outpatient letters and prescription requests.
- Emma Kelly from Sheffield has soared in 2021 because she rose to the challenge of acting Chief Pharmacy Technician in difficult circumstances & has been a shining example of leadership throughout
- Lauren Wrath from GMMH Prestwich site soared in 2021 because she has grown into her band five role, taking on new tasks and managing areas as well as covering early shifts and being a checking machine.
- Sue Jones from East Kent Hospitals NHS University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) Canterbury has soared in 2021 because her unwavering support as an Educational Supervisor has been First Class this past year, in so many ways Sue has helped me develop to be my professional best.
- Kathryn Smith from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has soared in 2021 because as the Clinical Trials Lead Pharmacy Technician she has been an integral part of the Covid response and recovery, she took part in the very moving 'Standing with Giants' memorial and has been nominated for a number of awards for her application at work.
- Deborah Johnson from Trafford General Hospital has soared in 2021 because she had single-handedly set up the Outsourcing Service and has received amazing feedback from Consultants and Patients for the great service she provides! Deb always goes above and beyond to help everyone all the time. Thank you for everything you do!
- Karen Port from UHL Pharmacy has soared in 2021 because she has remained a consistent support for the wider pharmacy department, working as part of the pharmacy procurement team in maintaining drug supplies and sourcing alternatives to ensure consistency in patient care during the pandemic.
- Jen Gilliam, Training Programme Director at @pwd_south has soared in 2021 with all her work with the Aseptic Services Accreditation Group. Reviewing and developing national frameworks in pre and in process checking and product approval for the Technical Services workforce; as well as leading on the development of the new PWDS website and supporting the UHBW vaccination hub.
- Jackie Whitehead from QEQM (Margate) has soared in 2021 because of her attention to detail and care to help anyone she can in the MDT (whether that is doctors, nurses or pharmacists!). Congratulations.
- Helen Heyburn from AMU at WHH has soared this year because not only has she studied to become an amazing pharmacy technician, but she has also trained the new ATOs on the ward (two newbies at one time) to start the new 7-day service, worked tirelessly to ensure everyone gets what they need on the ward and has now started a new job in Microbiology.
- Nicola Wigan from Manchester Foundation Trust Medicines Safety has soared in 2021 because she constantly thinks of new ways to interact and deliver her essential Medicines Safety messages to colleagues in the Trust.
- Ann Mason from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has soured in 2021 because she has worked extra as Deputy Production Services Manager as well as being a Covid-19 vaccinator. In addition, she has recently become a programme tutor at West Suffolk College, giving years of experience back into training pharmacy technicians of the future.
- Amila Selman From Royal Brompton Hospital has soared in 2021 because she has been an excellent technician on the wards, taken on new roles and is now trail blazing the role of pharmacy technicians by doing the clinical Diploma for technicians with a view to screening prescriptions based on a defined formulary in future. The ward falls apart when she is not around.
- Jane Shanahan from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has soared in 2021 because of her work on the QI project triaging ACB and reviewing for medicines optimisation in care homes. This QI project won this year’s PrescQUIPP gold award!
We would like to say a huge WELL DONE to all nominees from everyone at APTUK!
Thanks also to everyone who nominated their fellow pharmacy technicians. We have seen some fantastic and inspiring stories of pharmacy technicians who are truly soaring high. We shall look forward to celebrating our amazing profession with you again next year.