Job summary
CPFT is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to join our expanding team. We are seeking a motivated, GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician to become part of our friendly and supportive service based at The Cavell Centre, Peterborough.
The successful candidate will work closely with our pharmacists and fellow technicians across inpatient mental health wards, delivering a range of clinical medicines management activities. In addition, the post holder will provide support to the dispensary as required, contributing to the safe and efficient delivery of pharmacy services.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Medicines Management Technician team is responsible for delivering a high-quality, comprehensive clinical medicines management service to the inpatient mental health wards on a day-to-day basis.
Our Clinical Medicines Management Technicians play a key role in supporting the ongoing development of the service. They act as a primary point of contact for any issues or queries related to this area of the pharmacy service, ensuring efficient communication and the smooth resolution of challenges as they arise.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role. Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating the operational activities of the Clinical Medicines Management Technician service, ensuring the effective use of both technician and pharmacist time.
- Planning and allocating ward and team coverage across the medicines management technician workforce, ensuring appropriate prioritisation to maintain consistent and highquality service delivery.
- Providing education and training to student pharmacy technicians, foundation trainee pharmacists and pharmacy support workers involved in clinical medicines management activities.
- Identifying the need for, developing, reviewing and updating Standard Operating Procedures and related policy documents to ensure compliance with legal, professional and quality standards.
- Proposing, developing and implementing policies and procedures to enhance clinical medicines management services, and managing any associated service or practice changes appropriately.
- Participating in medication history screening on wards, including problem solving and liaising with service users, carers, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to medicines management schemes on the wards, including patients own drugs (PODs), selfadministration, medicines reconciliation and nonstock topups.
- Providing medicines counselling to service users and delivering medicinesrelated information and advice to service users, carers and multidisciplinary team members.
- Taking an active role in discharge planning to ensure a seamless and safe transfer of care in relation to medicines.
- Participating in Trustwide medicines management initiatives that support quality improvement and patient safety.
- Delivering training on medicines management to nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.
- Supporting the safe and effective running of pharmacy clozapine services.
- Undertaking the dispensing of medicines for inpatients and outpatients, including labelling, stock control processes, accuracy checking and patient counselling, as appropriate.
- Ensuring effective stock control within the dispensary and on wards, working collaboratively with pharmacy support workers and the Dispensary Manager.
- Managing and supervising pharmacy support workers in the absence of the Dispensary Manager.
- Providing dispensing cover and supporting colleagues during periods of staff absence, such as annual leave or sickness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role. Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating the operational activities of the Clinical Medicines Management Technician service, ensuring the effective use of both technician and pharmacist time.
- Planning and allocating ward and team coverage across the medicines management technician workforce, ensuring appropriate prioritisation to maintain consistent and highquality service delivery.
- Providing education and training to student pharmacy technicians, foundation trainee pharmacists and pharmacy support workers involved in clinical medicines management activities.
- Identifying the need for, developing, reviewing and updating Standard Operating Procedures and related policy documents to ensure compliance with legal, professional and quality standards.
- Proposing, developing and implementing policies and procedures to enhance clinical medicines management services, and managing any associated service or practice changes appropriately.
- Participating in medication history screening on wards, including problem solving and liaising with service users, carers, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to medicines management schemes on the wards, including patients own drugs (PODs), selfadministration, medicines reconciliation and nonstock topups.
- Providing medicines counselling to service users and delivering medicinesrelated information and advice to service users, carers and multidisciplinary team members.
- Taking an active role in discharge planning to ensure a seamless and safe transfer of care in relation to medicines.
- Participating in Trustwide medicines management initiatives that support quality improvement and patient safety.
- Delivering training on medicines management to nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.
- Supporting the safe and effective running of pharmacy clozapine services.
- Undertaking the dispensing of medicines for inpatients and outpatients, including labelling, stock control processes, accuracy checking and patient counselling, as appropriate.
- Ensuring effective stock control within the dispensary and on wards, working collaboratively with pharmacy support workers and the Dispensary Manager.
- Managing and supervising pharmacy support workers in the absence of the Dispensary Manager.
- Providing dispensing cover and supporting colleagues during periods of staff absence, such as annual leave or sickness.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Sciences or CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre 1985 or equivalent.
- Accredited Checking Technician Qualification.
- Registration with GPhC
Desirable
- Medicines Management qualification (to degree level or equivalent).
- Patient counselling qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience.
- Experience in hospital pharmacy, multidisciplinary team working, research, clinical trials or audit, pharmacy standard operating procedure development.
Desirable
- Mental health speciality
- Project/change management role
- Management of resources
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening)
- Experience of multi disciplinary team working
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with other staff and service users
Desirable
- Effective project management
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Evidence of specialist knowledge relating to technical pharmacy issues and procedures
- Knowledge of medicines management procedures eg PODs, self-administration
- Up to date knowledge of NHS and other relevant policies.
Desirable
- Involvement in postgraduate training
- Specialist knowledge of the dispensing Clozapine
Other
Essential
- Approach that is suitable to mental health/learning disabilities
- Sets high standards and strives to acheive
- Pro-active and displays initiative
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Sciences or CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre 1985 or equivalent.
- Accredited Checking Technician Qualification.
- Registration with GPhC
Desirable
- Medicines Management qualification (to degree level or equivalent).
- Patient counselling qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience.
- Experience in hospital pharmacy, multidisciplinary team working, research, clinical trials or audit, pharmacy standard operating procedure development.
Desirable
- Mental health speciality
- Project/change management role
- Management of resources
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening)
- Experience of multi disciplinary team working
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with other staff and service users
Desirable
- Effective project management
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Evidence of specialist knowledge relating to technical pharmacy issues and procedures
- Knowledge of medicines management procedures eg PODs, self-administration
- Up to date knowledge of NHS and other relevant policies.
Desirable
- Involvement in postgraduate training
- Specialist knowledge of the dispensing Clozapine
Other
Essential
- Approach that is suitable to mental health/learning disabilities
- Sets high standards and strives to acheive
- Pro-active and displays initiative
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
