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: 18 November 2024
Interviews planned for: 27 November 2024 (subject to change)
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.
There is a recruitment premium attached to the above posts. Successful candidates will receive a £2,000 payment on joining the Trust and an additional £2,000 on completion of the first year of employment. This recruitment payment must be paid back in full if the employee leaves the Trust within two years of starting.
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
1. To carry out under the direction, of the Specialist Pharmacy technician Manager, the following duties in accordance with current Trust and Departmental procedures.
2. To develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to in-patient areas.
3. To liaise with ward staff with regard to prescription interventions e.g., missing details, incorrectly prescribed dosages. Fill in any adverse incident reporting paperwork to participate in the medicines management 7-day supply service including by accuracy checking slots in the dispensary to ensure maintenance of competency in final accuracy checking.
4. Supply of compliance aids is a key element of this role. These may require complex medication regimes that necessitate the accurate manipulation of pharmaceutical products.
5. To organise and supervise the work of pharmacy dispensers, assistants and other technicians.
6. To assist the Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager- in the running of clinical trials and the maintenance of necessary records, in accordance with protocols. This is to include the training of other staff in the dispensing of clinical trials.
7. To accurately and efficiently supply dispensed medication within Trust frameworks for inpatients, outpatients, and community patients including discharge, weekend leave, self-medication, and patient information leaflets.
8. Following successful demonstration of agreed medicines optimisation competencies, to complete the accurate drug history and support medicines reconciliation of patients medication and assess medicines for usability at ward level.
9. To maintain contemporaneous records on the appropriate clinical system.
10. Where appropriate to be involved in the organisation of the supply and monitoring of medications to patients within the trust.
This will include: Dispensing and checking of medication (including utilising compliance aids) in accordance with protocols with regard to blood result status. Liaising with patients and clinical teams regarding the appropriate supply of medications. Receiving and processing of denzapine/ clozapine and other therapeutic monitoring blood results where appropriate. Issue of medication to clients at ward level supporting ward-based discharge. To update and maintain pharmacy stock control system records with regard to medicines supply.
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
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Halton/Warrington and Hollins Park
Warrington
WA2 8WA
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