We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our successful mental health team at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, working across Lincolnshire.
You will join a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy support workers, and trainee staff members who provide a comprehensive clinical service across the trust, and you will use your experience, skills, and initiative to develop, coordinate and provide a high-quality clinical and operational pharmacy service to inpatient and community patients and their carers. You will also contribute to the pharmacy core service, performing departmental and clinical duties, that will impact inpatient sites, clozapine clinics, third party sector, primary and secondary care.
To apply you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of this role include:
* To provide and support the delivery of a high quality, clinically focused medicines optimisation service across Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust. (Working across Inpatient, Community & Place Based Teams)
* To ensure the service provided is patient-centred, safe and supports the cost effective use of medicines and resources and to participate in developing innovative ways of working to enhance patient-care.
* To provide an inpatient ward and community team clinical medicines management service which includes efficient, safe medicines supply and storage, the self administration of medication and utilisation of PODs.
* To support the pharmacy team working across the healthcare boundaries in Lincolnshire.
* To develop and participate in basic training and teaching activities relating to medicines management across the Trust to other healthcare professionals, service users and carers where required.
* To help develop, maintain and comply with standard operating procedures within the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* NVQ Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge in Pharmacy Services or equivalent BTEC or BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent pharmacy based qualification e.g. City & Guilds Apothacary Hall and relevant experience to degree level
* Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, in a hospital or community pharmacy
* Experience in primary or secondary care environment with awareness of specialist client group needs
* Experience working as a pharmacy technician providing tactful and persuasive patient focused care
* Experience of carrying out or leading on clinical audits
* Knowledge of the principles of medicines optimisation
* Evidence of training, teaching or supervising other clinical staff
Skills
Essential
* Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from all agencies and at all levels including service users, carers and professionals using a variety of techniques
* Good organisational and time management skills
* Good IT literacy and skills
* Ability to work accurately, methodically with long periods of concentration
* Self-motivation and able to engage and motivate others around them
* Able to work with limited direction, independently and work well as a team player
* Ability to recognise when to seek appropriate assistance from colleagues
* Ability to receive, understand and convey technical information clearly
* Empathetic to both colleagues and patients needs
* Ability to work and cope under pressure and manage reasonable levels of stress
* Very good interpersonal skills that are conducive to harmonious team working, within pharmacy and other teams
Special requirements
Essential
* Must have the ability to travel independently across sites without the use of public transport
* Willingness to work across all Trust & PCN sites
* Flexible approach to work and punctual
* Has attention to detail, analysing and interpreting data accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
* Able to effectively manage allocated resources
* An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pharmacy Department
Trust HQ, Longleys Road
Lincoln
LN11FS
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