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-D
Site: Broadoak Unit, Broadgreen Hospital
Town: Warrington
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 e.g., missing details, incorrectly prescribed dosages.
3. Fill in any adverse incident reporting paperwork to participate in the medicines management 7-day supply service including accuracy checking slots in the dispensary.
4. Supply of compliance aids is a key element of this role.
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.
7. To accurately and efficiently supply dispensed medication within Trust frameworks for inpatients, outpatients, and community patients.
8. To maintain contemporaneous records on the appropriate clinical system.
9. 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.
* Experience of working within an NHS organisation.
* Knowledge of mental health medications.
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Team player but with the ability to work alone.
* Drive and enthusiasm.
* Self-motivated.
* Customer care and near patient contact skills.
* Basic IT skills.
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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 criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.
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