Senior Pharmacy Technician

Do you enjoy working with people, dealing with a variety of challenges and delivering actual benefits to make a true difference?

Would you like to join an expanding clinical pharmacy team who successfully deliver services within the Primary Care Network (PCN) setting?

Are you keen to develop your career in Primary Care whilst being part of a wider team who support each other, learn together and give each other space to try new ideas and different ways of working to ultimately benefit our patients.

Are you good at problem solving and keen to work with patients to find out what matters to them?

If your answers are yes, then this exciting opportunity is for you

We are looking for a pharmacy technician to join us in Wallasey Wellbeing PCN. You will join an experienced team that includes GPs, Nurses, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers & Physiotherapists to provide clinical pharmacy services to our local population.

You will support the PCN with the delivery of safe and effective systems for medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

You will contribute to new ways of working and using the skills that your role can bring to evolving PCN services.

You will be responsible for promoting good practice in line with clinical and operational guidelines and will support delivery of specific medicines projects, for example:

- Compliance reviews and supporting the SMR process
- Discharge medicines reconciliation
- High risk drug management

On a day-to-day basis you will spend time within the PCN hub and in GP practices to answer queries from patients, GPs and other services such as care homes. You will be supported to build strong relationships with community pharmacy and trust pharmacy colleagues.

Ultimately your role will support our patients to help them get the most out of their medicines and to play an active part in their own healthcare decisions.

As part of the WUTH Integrated Pharmacy Service that supports three PCNs within Wirral, this role is based within Wallasey Wellbeing PCN. There are opportunities to work with colleagues from the other PCN teams as well as having access to the Acute Trust specialists which helps you develop and better understand the full patient journey.

We strive to provide the best possible care for patients whilst creating a safe, caring environment for our staff. Benefits of joining our team:

- Being part of a successful, friendly, supportive team.
- Wrap around support from the wider pharmacy team.
- Opportunity to develop a holistic perspective to support our ‘healthcare without boundaries’ approach.
- We have full Primary Care roles and split roles across both settings to suit experience.

Employment is via Wirral University Teaching Hospital which brings with it all the benefits of working for an NHS organisation. Staff are supported to develop, take opportunities to learn and to reach their potential.

Please see the job overview and attached job description for further information about the role.