CMHT Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Ensuring transfer of patient discharge medicine information from inpatient wards to CMHTs is seamless. Accurately check discharge prescriptions on SystmOne.

Red drugs prescribed and patients not signed up for TCAM are followed up as first priority.

Ensure transfer of patients medicines from Community to Inpatient wards is seamless with the ward MMTs.

Checking of Depot administration using SystmOne data reports.

Building relationships and working in collaboration with ICB/Practice technicians and pharmacists.

Supporting primary care colleagues with mental health training needs.

Supporting CMHT nurse pharmacy inductions and medicine training.

Effectively counselling identified patients on the safe and effective use of Clozapine and Lithium medication.

Supporting Clozapine patients within CMHTs. Checking if they have had an Assay in the last year, Gass C, Physical monitoring and is Clozapine recorded on the GP system.

Supporting delayed clozapine blood tests and supply issues liaise with the Lead Pharmacy Technician Clozapine to ensure safe supply.

Quality improvement initiatives and baseline reporting for pharmacy intervention into community patients.

Supporting management of medication shortages within community and liaise with Kingsway pharmacy procurement team.

Cancellation or prescribing issues of any Risperidone consta prescriptions with our homecare provider.

Support the roll-out of Community Clozapine patient Initiation.

Deputise for the Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician North at the CMHT Clinical Reference Group (CRG)

Present CMHT Medicine Management audits at the trust medicine management operational subcommittee.

Accurately record all patient histories electronically.

Accurately assess Patient Own Medicines in line with local policy to ensure they are of a suitable standard and quantity for use.

Accurately order and replenish identified prescribed medicines that have been clinically checked by a pharmacist to ensure sufficient quantity.

Accurately communicate any medicine related issues that require follow up on SystmOne and verbally if needed.

Provide routine and non-routine information in relation to patient care to other healthcare professionals, patients and carers.

Responsible for ensuring the audit on the storage of medicines at CMHT level is safely and accurately completed quarterly and any other audits specific to CMHTs. This may be delegated to a Senior medicine management assistant.

Work with CMHT managers within the trust to contribute and ensure audit targets are met and medicine management systems are supported across the CMHT interface to improve efficiency and meet CQC and other regulatory requirements.

Review and liaise with the pharmacist to update identified CMHT stock lists in line with usage each month. Provide data on any cost savings made.

Self-check all work for accuracy.

Supervise support workers, regular training to support pre-registration pharmacy technicians and new/inexperienced pharmacists or technicians.

Act as an Educational Supervisor for pre-registration pharmacy technicians if required by the course provider.

Contribute to service reviews/proposed service changes in response to workload or error reports, reviewing procedures and training plans and implementing agreed remedial actions.

Support and facilitate the development of new ways of working with medicine reconciliation, counselling, audits and enhanced staff roles within the Pharmacy service.

Assist in the development of procedures and training plans (including for nurse induction training), deliver and oversee training and act as an assessor to assure competency.

Lead on implementation of medicine procedures in line with the trust medicine code to ensure compliance with relevant standards; in particular the safe and secure storage of medicines and administration and recording of medicines. The destruction of Controlled Drugs and investigate any discrepancies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GPhC registration
• ACT qualification
• Medicine Management Technician

Knowledge / Experience

Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Good communication skills written
• Experience of working in mental health
• Team worker
• Experience of training others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hartington Unit Chesterfield

Hartington Unit Chesterfield

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)