Job summary
Are you a Pharmacy Technician 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 and want to be part of a positive change, come and join our friendly Medicines Management Team.
Why choose us?
Specialist services: we provide a pharmacy service across and Secure and 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 in a rewarding role.
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.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician to join our Medicines Management clinical team. Our team covers sites across Secure and Acute services. Though based at Hollins Park, flexibility in working rotas and travel will be required to support the needs of the service.
You will have the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting patient care and assisting with medicines reconciliations and timely discharge processes for patients with complex mental illnesses and learning disabilities. There will be an opportunity to assist nursing staff with medicines management, completing audits and providing training and education. You will work autonomously and within a thriving and well-developed team to promote and provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective pharmaceutical service.
To maintain Technicians' competencies and to continue to develop your skills, there is a requirement to provide some support to our dispensary services on a rota basis.
About us
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 and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
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. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Performing medicines reconciliation, including assessing patient own drugs.
- Developing and co-ordinating medication supply systems to meet the needs of patients.
- Participating in the safe systems for the supply of medication to wards and community-based teams.
- Performing final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions.
- Supporting the supply of discharge and short-term leave medication at ward level.
- Providing information to service users and their carers (where appropriate) about their medications in conjunction with the pharmacists.
- Delivering training to a variety of Health Care Professionals.
- Completing audits and reports for example Controlled drug audits, safe and secure storage of medication audits etc.
- Education and training of junior technical and ward staff.
A current and valid BTEC accuracy checking qualification is required. The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas.
For full information regarding required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Performing medicines reconciliation, including assessing patient own drugs.
- Developing and co-ordinating medication supply systems to meet the needs of patients.
- Participating in the safe systems for the supply of medication to wards and community-based teams.
- Performing final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions.
- Supporting the supply of discharge and short-term leave medication at ward level.
- Providing information to service users and their carers (where appropriate) about their medications in conjunction with the pharmacists.
- Delivering training to a variety of Health Care Professionals.
- Completing audits and reports for example Controlled drug audits, safe and secure storage of medication audits etc.
- Education and training of junior technical and ward staff.
A current and valid BTEC accuracy checking qualification is required. The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas.
For full information regarding required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Ability to train others
- Proven relevant pharmacy experience
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Demonstrable experience of dispensing and accuracy checking medication
- Experience of using electronic medicines management systems, including oversight of stock levels
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self-development and CPD
Desirable
- Demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
- 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
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Team player but with the ability to work alone
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Self-motivated
- Excellent verbal
- Communication Customer care and near patient contact skills
- Basic IT skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- 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
Essential
- Ability to train others
- Proven relevant pharmacy experience
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- Demonstrable experience of dispensing and accuracy checking medication
- Experience of using electronic medicines management systems, including oversight of stock levels
- Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self-development and CPD
Desirable
- Demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
- 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
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Team player but with the ability to work alone
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Self-motivated
- Excellent verbal
- Communication Customer care and near patient contact skills
- Basic IT skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
