Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - CYP

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning & development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is seeking a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician for the Children and Young Persons Directorate. The role involves promoting safe, effective use of medicines, overseeing dispensing processes and contributing to medicines optimisation.

You will work within clinical areas, requiring transport around the Trust and flexible working to meet service needs. Training and development opportunities are provided as part of a supportive NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Broad technical & pharmaceutical knowledge for safe medicines use.
• Experience with medicines audit and governance.
• Experience of working with people with mental health/learning disability or in the community.
• Willingness to undertake on-the-job training and competency assessment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to clinical areas.
• Monitor processes that medicines are supplied accurately, efficiently and appropriately.
• Facilitate the systems for dispensing and supply of medicines (inpatient, discharge, leave, MS).
• Coordinate and manage systems for using patients' own drugs and one-stop dispensing.
• Discuss with newly admitted clients their current medication use and document how they take their meds.
• Review and update patient service user profiles with current medication therapy information.
• Liaise with ward pharmacist and medical team to address discrepancies with GPs/carers.

Skills

Safe storage

Pharmacy processes

MS Office IT skills

Sensitive information communication

Written & verbal communication

Mental health awareness

MH/LD service understanding

Education

BTEC Diploma or NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Science

GPhC registered technician

Willingness for on-the-job training

Job description

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - CYP

The closing date is 22 November 2026

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides comprehensive Mental Health, Learning Disability/Autism, and Childrens and Young Peoples services to the population of Coventry and Warwickshire.

This post will be based within clinical areas in the Childrens and Young Persons Directorate.

As a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, you will be part of a clinical team and have an excellent opportunity to play an instrumental role in contributing to the Trust's progressive medicines optimisation strategy.

Main duties of the job

You will have a broad, post qualification, technical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with experience relating to the promotion of high quality, effective and safe use of medicines.

This will include traditional supply, medicines management standards, governance, medicines reconciliation, audit and patient/career education.

You will receive professional support from the Medicines Management Team based at Wayside House, Coventry, CV6 6NY.

You must have an independent means of transport to travel around the Trust's geographic area and to work flexibly to meets the needs of the service.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

Develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to clinical areas in association with the Service provider.

Monitor processes that medicines are supplied accurately, efficiently and appropriately to meet the demands of individual patients and the Trust.

To facilitate the systems for dispensing and supply of medicines, including: inpatient medication, discharge medication, leave medication, monitored dosage systems.

Co-ordinate and manage systems of using patients own drugs and one-stop dispensing (as appropriate).

To discuss with newly admitted clients their current use of medications, both prescribed and over the counter and document how the client says they take their medication.

To review and update individual service user profiles: maintaining up to date and accurate information on medication therapy for individual patients.

To liaise with the ward pharmacist and medical team to highlight any differences in the clients prescribed medication when relating this to what/how they state they take their medication and, where appropriate, clarify any discrepancy by liaising with the GP, carer or other agency.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BTEC Diploma or equivalent (e.g. NVQ3) in Pharmaceutical Science
• Registered technician member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Willingness to undertake on the job training and competency assessment.

Knowledge

• Ability to offer advice on the safe storage and administration of drugs
• Must have a sound knowledge of pharmacy processes
• Proficient IT skills eg. ability to use Microsoft Office programs
• Should be able to communicate sensitive information to patients
• Must have effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to cope with emotional lability and disturbed personalities amongst the client group
• Understanding of service users in a mental health / learning disability / substance misuse services

Experience

• Broad technical & pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective use of medicines
• Experience of audit
• Experience of working with people with mental health/ learning disability problems or in the community

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust