Pharmacy Technician Inpatient services West Sussex
We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and patient-focused GPHC registered Pharmacy Technician with good communication and team working skills to work as an inpatient pharmacy technician at Sussex Partnership NHS FT.
The role will include medicines optimisation on the wards at Meadowfield Hospital, Forget me not unit, Selden centre and Shepherd House in Worthing, West Sussex.
This role is part time and is 18.75 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job description for more details.
Responsible for the provision of technician and medicines management services to all Worthing locality units/wards of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
To supervise pharmacy assistants, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists whilst working within the mental health service.
To support and develop with the technical developments of medicines management to the units/ wards within this locality.
To ensure that the service is safe, efficient and effective.
To assist in the organisation, development and to participate in the provision of patient medication education to service users and their carers, liaising with staff to identify service users and carers who would benefit from these interventions. These sessions would be expected to cover the range of specialities encompassed by this diverse service.
To act as a role model for provision of pharmacy services to mental health to other pharmacy technicians and assistants within the team
About us
Our region offers fantastic quality of life opportunities with good transport links to other UK regions. It includes some of Britain's most beautiful scenery and coastline, national parks and ancient heritage sites.. To find out more about our beautiful region, please visit the websites Visit South East England and Stay in Sussex.
Flexible Working: We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for pharmacy technicians to have a role in direct patient care with opportunities to develop your knowledge and clinical skills.
We welcome applications from pharmacy technician colleagues and Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians. Previous experience in mental health is desirable however we provide suitable training opportunities for those candidates new to the mental health setting. A comprehensive programme of training and clinical supervision will be provided including access to an in house training program and the CMHP courses - Psych 1 & 2.
Please note only GPHC registered Pharmacy Technicians will be considered or Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians due to qualify in Sept 2024/Feb 2025
We take pride in developing our pharmacy technicians through formal and informal study, clinical supervision and training.
We provide pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to the inpatient wards and our Pharmacy staff are highly regarded as valued members of the multi-disciplinary team.
This role is part time covering 18.75 hours per week.
Person Specification
Registration
* Registered as Pharmacy Technician with GpHC
Qualifications
* NVq Level 3 or BTEC
* ACPT
* NVQ A1 assessor
Non-clinical knowledge / exper
* Met KSF Band 5 gateway
* Experience supervising or managing other staff
Clinical knowledge and exper
* Hospital Pharmacy experience
* Experience of delivering medicines management schemes
* Experience working in mental health setting
Planning & organisation
* Evidence of planning and developing new services
HR
* Experience in training staff
IT
* Evidence of IT skills (including pharmacy systems)
Other
* Driving skills
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.
Part-time,Job share,Flexible working,Compressed hours
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