Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services
Band 5
Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part time hours available)
Job ref: 350-TWS6512480-A
Site: Halton/Warrington and Hollins Park
Town: Warrington
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum plus £4000 R&R pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Job overview
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.
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.
Working for our organisation
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.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry out under the direction of the Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager, the following duties in accordance with current Trust and Departmental procedures:
1. To develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to in-patient areas.
2. To liaise with ward staff regarding prescription interventions.
3. Supply of compliance aids is a key element of this role.
4. To organise and supervise the work of pharmacy dispensers, assistants and other technicians.
5. To assist the Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager in the running of clinical trials.
6. To accurately and efficiently supply dispensed medication within Trust frameworks.
7. To maintain contemporaneous records on the appropriate clinical system.
8. Where appropriate to be involved in the organisation of the supply and monitoring of medications to patients within the trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent qualification.
* Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification.
* Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
* Willingness to work towards BTEC/NVQ Level 4 Clinical Diploma.
* Relevant medicines management qualification, or willingness to work towards or equivalent experience.
Knowledge/Experience
* Ability to train others.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
* Demonstrable experience of dispensing and accuracy checking medication.
* Experience of using electronic medicines management systems.
* Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance.
We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled.
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