Medicines Management Technician - Ketamine Clinic

Integrated Care System; Oxford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a part-time Medicines Management Technician for its Warneford Ketamine Clinic. This role involves managing medication oversight within a mental health setting, ensuring best practices in prescribing processes. The ideal candidate will have a GPHC registration and experience in hospital pharmacy and mental health services. This position offers opportunities for further training and development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS discount across shops and restaurants

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience of working within Hospital Pharmacy.
• Experience of working within Mental Health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide Medicines Management oversight at the Ketamine Clinic.
• Track and manage repeat prescribing processes.
• Communicate complex medication information to patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills with healthcare professionals and patients

Driving Licence

Education

Registration with GPHC

NVQ in Pharmacy Services Level 3

BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent

Evidence of CPD

Regional Accredited Checking Technician

Job description

Are you a Medicines Management Technician or an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge in a Mental Health medicines management role?

We have a new opportunity to join our Warneford Ketamine Clinic Team asMedicines Management Technician. This is a part-time role (7.5 hours per week) for 6 months initially, with the view to extend subject to outcome and business requirements.

The role involves providing Medicines Management oversight to the Ketamine Clinic to optimise outcomes from medications as part of our Interventional Psychiatry Service. As our lead specialist on the delivery, provision and development of leading-edge medicines management, you'll work across clinical teams, pharmacy support staff, patients and carers, GPs, community pharmacists and practice nurses.

You'll be responsible for tracking and managing the repeat prescribing process for the clinic and ensuring all documentation standards are adhered to. In this multi-disciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to access resources and further develop this new role.

If you're a registered pharmacy technician looking for a new and rewarding challenge in mental healthcare, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Contact GP's, CPSU and other appropriate 3rd parties, to resolve medication related problems for individual patients.
• Liaise with carers, nursing homes, community pharmacies, GPs as appropriate to ensure a seamless flow of accurate information and to identify patients with concordance problems and outline possible solutions.
• Where appropriate take comprehensive drug histories, medicines reconciliation and complete all documentation as per local and professional standards.
• Provide medication counselling for patients/carers in conjunction with the clinical team, communicating detailed and complex information to patients and carers about drug doses, indications, side effects and efficacy.
• Ensuring those you lead and other relevant staff are appropriately trained to provide patient counselling on medication.
• Support the management of self-medication by community patients as appropriate.
• Assist in the support of patient wellbeing, including phlebotomy, smoking cessation, measuring blood pressure, and weight, and to support the physical health leads in the "My physical health clinics." To ensure robust reporting systems are in place to meet performance indicators for physical health.
• Manage and oversee all aspects of ketamine medicines management within the ketamine clinic for patients initiated and prescribed repeat oral medication. This applies to NHS and private ketamine prescriptions.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Skills

• Excellent communication skills with a range of healthcare professionals and patients.
• Driving Licence

Experience

• Experience of working within Hospital Pharmacy
• Experience of working within Mental Health services

Qualifications

• Registration with GPHC
• NVQ in Pharmacy Services Level 3 or BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD
• Regional Accredited Checking Technician or equivalent

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.

Chief Pharmacy Technician and Operational Manager

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum | pro rata