Job summary
Full-Time - 37.5 Hours Per Week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated pharmacy technician to join our team in an exciting split role working part time with our inpatient medicines optimisation team in Wakefield and part time with the Primary Care Mental Health Pharmacy team in Kirklees.
A background or experience in Mental Health is desirable but not essential as there will be support and opportunities for further training. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to understand and interpret clinical information and communicate it to patients, carers and other health professionals.
All employees of the Trust are strongly
encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients
Main duties of the job
In the Wakefield inpatient role. the post holder will provide medicines optimisation services to inpatient wards and community based teams in Wakefield as well as working in the dispensary on a sessional basis. They will support the day to day operation of the service, providing training and staff supervision as necessary.
Whilst working for the Mental Health Primary Care Team, responsibilities will include working with Primary Care Networks to provide support, advice and input around the prescribing of medicines for mental health conditions as well as providing training to PCN staff.
The post holder will be required to participate in the Saturday morning rota.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Senior Pharmacy Technician
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
- To provide a ward pharmacy service to allocated units external to hospital sites.
- To provide technical support to the mental health pharmacy services including checking patients own medication on admission, the dispensing and supply of medication to specific patients.
- Co-ordinate and manage the day to day workload in the dispensary.
- Provide immediate line management support for allocated staff (pharmacy technicians band 4, pharmacy assistants or student technicians).
- Provide day to day line management for the dispensary staff.
- To accuracy check completed prescriptions and maintain technical competency for this).
- Maintain competencies that enable working across the trust.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
Community Mental Health PCN Technician
- To work alongside the Community pharmacy team to deliver high quality, service-user focused medicines management and optimisation to service users within the pathway.
- To work together with the allocated G.P services as necessary to deliver high quality, service-user focused medicines management.
- To ensure a smooth interface between the pathway and secondary care both acute and mental health.
- To ensure that Community mental health pharmacy services are delivered efficiently, effectively and professionally by working in partnership with all members of the team, as well as users of the service and other stakeholders.
- Identify service users registered with GP's who are taking mental health medicines that require physical health monitoring.
- Answer medicine related queries from GP's, care settings, practice staff, PALS, social care staff and the general public in a timely and appropriate manner, escalating to and involving other relevant health care professionals within the team in the absence of national guidance or agreed protocols where needed.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings related to prescribing topics and to engage in the training of other healthcare professionals and practice staff on matters relating to mental health medicines usage.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
Senior Pharmacy Technician
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.
- To provide a ward pharmacy service to allocated units external to hospital sites.
- To provide technical support to the mental health pharmacy services including checking patients own medication on admission, the dispensing and supply of medication to specific patients.
- Co-ordinate and manage the day to day workload in the dispensary.
- Provide immediate line management support for allocated staff (pharmacy technicians band 4, pharmacy assistants or student technicians).
- Provide day to day line management for the dispensary staff.
- To accuracy check completed prescriptions and maintain technical competency for this).
- Maintain competencies that enable working across the trust.
The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.
Community Mental Health PCN Technician
- To work alongside the Community pharmacy team to deliver high quality, service-user focused medicines management and optimisation to service users within the pathway.
- To work together with the allocated G.P services as necessary to deliver high quality, service-user focused medicines management.
- To ensure a smooth interface between the pathway and secondary care both acute and mental health.
- To ensure that Community mental health pharmacy services are delivered efficiently, effectively and professionally by working in partnership with all members of the team, as well as users of the service and other stakeholders.
- Identify service users registered with GP's who are taking mental health medicines that require physical health monitoring.
- Answer medicine related queries from GP's, care settings, practice staff, PALS, social care staff and the general public in a timely and appropriate manner, escalating to and involving other relevant health care professionals within the team in the absence of national guidance or agreed protocols where needed.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings related to prescribing topics and to engage in the training of other healthcare professionals and practice staff on matters relating to mental health medicines usage.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Both Roles:
- NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or similar nationally recognized qualification in pharmaceutical sciences
- UK Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Undertake when employed the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- NVQ A1 assessor qualified
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Completion/Enrolment in the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Demonstrable experience as a pharmacy technician Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Demonstrable experience as a pharmacy technician
- Experience of using patient management systems for both entering and extracting data
- Experience of producing reports using excel and other data packages
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Accuracy checking
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Setting up of ward based pharmacy services
- Provision of medicines management to new services Linking with community pharmacies
- Discharge planning
- Self-administration of medicines
- Specific experience of working in a mental health environment
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Experience of providing advice to GPs and primary care clinicians
- Experience in analysing prescribing data
- Experience in audit
- Experience using GP clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne and EMIS)
Training
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Nationally recognised accuracy checking qualification
- Accredited Checking technician status
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Nationally recognised accuracy checking qualification or has ability to demonstrate competencies at this level
- Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Both Roles:
- Medicines management training
- Team leading training
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Supervisory skills
- Pharmaceutical Waste management
- Misuse of drugs act 1971
- Regulations on Controlled Drugs in Primary and secondary care
- Understanding of mental health issues, mental illnesses & their treatment
- Good communication skills - both oral and written
- Good time management & organisational skills
- Ability to work independently
- Good computer / IT skills
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Understanding of mental health issues, mental illnesses & their treatment
- Misuse of drugs act 1971
- Regulations on Controlled Drugs in Primary and secondary care
- Understanding of the interface between primary and secondary care
- Knowledge of the wider NHS
- Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of prescribing process and quality improvement areas, such as competence in delivering clinical audit
- Pharmaceutical Waste management
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Hospital computer systems JAC
- Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions
- Ward based medicines management
- Audit
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Both Roles:
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy)
- Able to work within the whole trust boundaries
Desirable
- Both Roles:
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Self motivated
- Team player
- Attention to detail
- Well motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable
- Aptitude to learn new tasks
- Ability to take responsibility
- Commitment to CPD
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable
- Good time management
- Team Player
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to take responsibility
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Both Roles:
- NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or similar nationally recognized qualification in pharmaceutical sciences
- UK Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Undertake when employed the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- NVQ A1 assessor qualified
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Completion/Enrolment in the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Demonstrable experience as a pharmacy technician Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Demonstrable experience as a pharmacy technician
- Experience of using patient management systems for both entering and extracting data
- Experience of producing reports using excel and other data packages
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Accuracy checking
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Setting up of ward based pharmacy services
- Provision of medicines management to new services Linking with community pharmacies
- Discharge planning
- Self-administration of medicines
- Specific experience of working in a mental health environment
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Experience of providing advice to GPs and primary care clinicians
- Experience in analysing prescribing data
- Experience in audit
- Experience using GP clinical systems (e.g. SystmOne and EMIS)
Training
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Nationally recognised accuracy checking qualification
- Accredited Checking technician status
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Nationally recognised accuracy checking qualification or has ability to demonstrate competencies at this level
- Evidence of commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Both Roles:
- Medicines management training
- Team leading training
Special Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Supervisory skills
- Pharmaceutical Waste management
- Misuse of drugs act 1971
- Regulations on Controlled Drugs in Primary and secondary care
- Understanding of mental health issues, mental illnesses & their treatment
- Good communication skills - both oral and written
- Good time management & organisational skills
- Ability to work independently
- Good computer / IT skills
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Understanding of mental health issues, mental illnesses & their treatment
- Misuse of drugs act 1971
- Regulations on Controlled Drugs in Primary and secondary care
- Understanding of the interface between primary and secondary care
- Knowledge of the wider NHS
- Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of prescribing process and quality improvement areas, such as competence in delivering clinical audit
- Pharmaceutical Waste management
Desirable
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Hospital computer systems JAC
- Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions
- Ward based medicines management
- Audit
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Both Roles:
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy)
- Able to work within the whole trust boundaries
Desirable
- Both Roles:
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability)
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Senior Pharmacy Technician:
- Self motivated
- Team player
- Attention to detail
- Well motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable
- Aptitude to learn new tasks
- Ability to take responsibility
- Commitment to CPD
- -
- Community Mental Health PCN Technician:
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable
- Good time management
- Team Player
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to take responsibility
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
