Medicines Safety & Optimisation Technician (Hybrid)

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Calne

Hybrid

GBP 32,000 - 42,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join the Calne team. You will work with the Medicines Safety Pharmacist to enhance medicines safety, governance and patient care across Trust services.

You will contribute to incident reviews, safety investigations, audits and quality improvement projects, and support medicines optimisation in inpatient and community settings, with emphasis on policy development and staff

Qualifications

Current GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician with post-registration qualification
Recognised medicines management or medicines optimisation accreditation
Final accuracy checking accreditation (ACT)
PWDS Unit 3.1 or equivalent training / willingness to pursue within 1 year
Member of College of Mental Health Pharmacy or similar qualification
Medicines safety qualification or accreditation
Experience with audit/Quality Improvement processes

Responsibilities

Support medicines safety governance alongside Medicines Safety Pharmacist
Participate in incident reviews and safety investigations
Coordinate medicines-related audits and quality improvement projects
Contribute to policy development and patient safety alerts
Analyse medicines safety data and governance activities
Provide medicines optimisation support to inpatient and community services (reconciliation, discharge planning, counselling, stock management)