Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services

Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services

Band 5

Main area: Pharmacy Grade Band 5 Contract: Permanent Hours
Full time
Part time
Job share
Flexible working
Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (part time hours available) Job ref: 350-TWS6512480-C
Site: Broadoak Unit, Broadgreen Hospital Town: Warrington Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 10/02/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to elevate your technical and clinical knowledge across a range of services? Why not consider mental health?
If you are forward thinking, enthusiastic and self-motivated come and join our friendly Medicines Management Team.
Why choose us?
Specialist services: we currently have opportunities across acute mental health services.
Professional growth; support continuous learning and career development through our education and training department.
Our supportive environment: The friendly and multiskilled team are here ready to support you on your journey.
As a department we are embracing the Trust’s ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives to support this.
Please feel free to get in touch to organise a visit to our department, or for any questions you may have.
We have posts available across our acute inpatient teams.
Shortlisting planned for: 11 February 2025
Interviews planned for: 19 February 2025
Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting patient care and assisting with medicines reconciliations and timely discharge processes. There will be an opportunity to assist nursing staff with medicines management, completing audits and providing training and education.
To maintain Pharmacy Technician competencies and to continue to develop your skills, there is a requirement to provide some support to our dispensary services on a rota basis.
Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To carry out under the direction of the Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager, the following duties in accordance with current Trust and Departmental procedures:
To develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to in-patient areas.
To liaise with ward staff with regard to prescription interventions e.g., missing details, incorrectly prescribed dosages.
Supply of compliance aids is a key element of this role.
To organise and supervise the work of pharmacy dispensers, assistants and other technicians.
To assist the Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager in the running of clinical trials and the maintenance of necessary records.
To accurately and efficiently supply dispensed medication within Trust frameworks.
To maintain contemporaneous records on the appropriate clinical system.
Where appropriate to be involved in the organisation of the supply and monitoring of medications to patients within the trust.
Person specification

Qualifications

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent qualification with underpinning knowledge
Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
Willingness to work towards BTEC/ NVQ Level 4 Clinical Diploma
NVQ A1 workplace assessor (or willingness to work towards)
Relevant medicines management qualification, or willingness to work towards or equivalent experience
Knowledge/Experience

Ability to train others
Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
Demonstrable experience of dispensing and accuracy checking medication
Experience of using electronic medicines management systems
Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self-development and CPD
Experience of working on wards
Experience of working within an NHS organisation
Experience of supervising staff within a technical area or pharmacy services
Knowledge of mental health
Knowledge of mental health medications
Experience in mental health
Values

Accountability
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented
Skills

Team player but with the ability to work alone
Drive and enthusiasm
Self-motivated
Customer care and near patient contact skills
Basic IT skills
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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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