Medicines Information and Formulary Pharmacy Technician
Band 6
Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (End date Feb 2026) Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
* Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week Job ref 350-TWS6937067-A
Site Medicines Management Building Town Maghull Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
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 (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We are looking to appoint an experienced candidate with drive and aptitude to become part of a dynamic and developing Pharmacy Team. This post is open to all internal and external staff who work within the Medicines Management and meet the essential criteria.
You will join our dynamic, Trust wide medicines management quality and governance team in providing medicines optimisation, quality improvement and support safe use of medicines across the Trust.
This post is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave. The postholder will work within the Medicines Information and Formulary compliance team but also outreach to support medicines management colleagues working in clinical services.
Main duties of the job
* You will be expected to work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support completion of key Medicines Information and Formulary work including answering queries in a timely way using the Medicines Information reference system, supporting complex clinical queries and supporting the Trust with formulary compliance.
* You will be expected to co-ordinate work plans, complete audits, develop training and SOPs, write reports; and lead meetings that are relevant to your role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To provide technical support to the Trust’s medicines management team, as the dedicated technician for the medicines information and clinical trials services.
* In accordance with local procedure, to provide detailed clinical and pharmaceutical information in response to queries from pharmacy staff, other healthcare professionals, service users and their carers.
* To perform literature, database and internet searches, and contact external agencies as required in order to provide appropriate answers to enquiries.
* To take an active role in the training and development of medicines management staff with regard to medicines information.
* To develop and implement policies and procedures relating to the trust medicines information service.
* To liaise with the regional medicines information unit, with regard to service development.
* To develop and maintain medicines information related databases.
* To oversee distribution of medicines information literature within the trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BTEC/ NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical science, or equivalent qualification
* BTEC/ NVQ Level 3 in pharmacy service skills, or equivalent qualification
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* BTEC/ NVQ Level 4 in dispensing accuracy checking (or willingness to work towards)
* UKMi Accredited Medicine Information Technicians Training Scheme (AMITTS) (or willingness to work towards)
* Good clinical practice (GCP) training
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of working within pharmaceutical services knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures within the specialist areas of medicines information and clinical trials, acquired through training
* Experience of CPD
* Experience or knowledge of medicines management services within an NHS context
* Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
* Experience of dealing with complex enquiries knowledge of the evidence base relating to the prescribing of medication in mental health services
Skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Excellent IT skills, including the use of databases and online information resources
* Ability to understand, interpret and respond appropriately to complex information requests
* Ability to present written information clearly, concisely and accurately
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Problem-solving skills
* Ability to work individually and to work as a team leader
* Ability to work flexibly
* Self-motivated and able to use initiative
* Professional manner
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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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