Higher Level Pharmacy Technician Dispensary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in the North West is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join their Medicines Management Team. This role provides an unparalleled opportunity to develop skills in a hospital pharmacy setting, including participation in a seven-day medicines supply service and engagement with digital transformation initiatives. Candidates should have experience in hospital pharmacy and a commitment to personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience in a hospital pharmacy setting.
• Interest in developing professional career.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the seven-day medicines supply service.
• Support various automated dispensing systems.
• Engage in professional development opportunities.

Job description

Overview

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join the Mersey Care Medicines Management Team. The Executive team at Mersey Care recognise the value of our services and have recently invested a significant amount of additional funding to enable the transformation and expansion of our service.

Role and location

Dispensary Higher Level Pharmacy Technician roles based within our purpose-built pharmacy department at Maghull Health Park and supporting our in-house Pharmacy at Hollins Park Hospital in Warrington.

Team development and opportunities

We welcome applications from experienced Pharmacy Technicians from any sector who have interest in developing their professional career within a hospital pharmacy setting. These posts provide an unparalleled opportunity to develop your skills and experience across a diverse service. We provide a well-structured support system, including robust individual and group supervision, personal development planning and regular access to professional development opportunities and flexible working opportunities.

Innovation and digital initiatives

As a department we are embracing the Trusts ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives which include ward-based automation, EPMA and within our new department three automated robotic dispensing systems including a blister packing robot.

Responsibilities

Main duties of the job

For full information regarding responsibilities, required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.

The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our seven-day medicines supply service in line with the hours of operation.

About Mersey Care

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. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.