Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for an experienced Registered Pharmacy Technician to join their Medicines Management clinical team. In this role, you will perform medicines reconciliations and assist with patient care processes for individuals with complex needs. Your responsibilities will include training and auditing, while working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team. This position involves flexibility in working hours to meet service needs and the opportunity for personal development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Current and valid BTEC accuracy checking qualification is required.
• Flexibility in working rotas and travel will be required.
• Must assist nursing staff with medicines management processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform medicines reconciliation, including assessing patient own drugs.
• Develop and coordinate medication supply systems to meet patient needs.
• Participate in safe systems for medication supply to wards.
• Perform final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions.
• Support supply of discharge and short-term leave medication.

Skills

Medicines reconciliation

Medication supply systems

Training and education

Auditing

Interpersonal communication

Education

BTEC accuracy checking qualification

Job description

About the Trust

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 ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under‑represented in our workforce. We also welcome applications from reservists and ex‑armed forces personnel. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

About the Role

We have exciting opportunities for experienced Registered Pharmacy Technicians to join our Medicines Management clinical team. The team covers sites across Secure and Acute services. Flexibility in working rotas and travel will be required to support the needs of the service. You will work within a multi‑disciplinary team, supporting patient care and assisting with medicines reconciliations and timely discharge processes for patients with complex mental illnesses and learning disabilities. You will assist nursing staff with medicines management processes, completing audits and providing training and education. You will work autonomously within a thriving and well‑developed team to promote and provide a safe, efficient, and cost‑effective pharmaceutical service.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing medicines reconciliation, including assessing patient own drugs.
• Developing and co‑ordinating medication supply systems to meet the needs of patients.
• Participating in the safe systems for the supply of medication to wards and community‑based teams.
• Performing final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions.
• Supporting the supply of discharge and short‑term leave medication at ward level.
• Providing information to service users and their carers (where appropriate) about their medications in conjunction with the pharmacists.
• Delivering training to a variety of Health Care Professionals.
• Completing audits and reports for example Controlled drug audits, safe and secure storage of medication audits etc.
• Education and training of junior technical and ward staff.

Qualifications & Experience

A current and valid BTEC accuracy checking qualification is required. The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas. For full information regarding required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.

Recruitment & Conditions

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Please advise that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children’s & Young People services to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.