Clinical Medicines Management Technician CMHT

2 months ago

AshtonunderLyne, United Kingdom Pennine Care NHS FT Full time

Job summary

The mental health and learning disabilities pharmacy team in Pennine Care is progressive and forward-thinking and provides an inpatient and community mental health medicines optimisation service.

We are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity to an enthusiastic technician to join the pharmacy team and aid in the development and delivery of pharmacy services across all the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the further development of pharmacy services to optimise the use of medicines in the mental health community teams. The role will involve working with the multidisciplinary teams across the Trust within 13 sites, five locality pharmacy teams, primary care and patients to improve the use of medicines.

The post holder will be managed by the CMHT Lead pharmacist day to day and professionally by the senior technician in this exciting position and will work jointly to deliver and further develop the pharmacy services to the CMHTs.

The post holder will be supported by the Trust's dedicated team of pharmacists and technicians, receive regular management and clinical supervision and attend team and governance meetings.

The post holder will also deliver training in medicines management, review and update guidance in relation to safe and secure handling of medicines, undertake medicines reconciliation and participate in audit work.

As this is a clinical post, there is no dispensary commitment and no requirement for emergency duty, bank holiday or weekend working.

About us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

We invite you to contact us for further details and an informal visit.

Note: The post works across the Trust in various locations - base will initially be Trust HQ in Ashton-under-lyne, but can be negotiated.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

BTEC Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) Registered with the GPHC / proof of application in process Recognised accuracy checking accreditation Additional specialist training or experience in mental health ideally to degree level

Experience

Essential

Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions, supervising a technical area within the pharmacy to degree or equivalent level or Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level Substantial experience as qualified technician in hospital pharmacy Substantial experience of dispensary and ward based services Experience of implementing change and new developments Experience of developing guidelines / protocols / SOP Experience of training healthcare professionals/ unqualified staff Experience of audit

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of dispensary and patient services Good presentation skills (verbal and written) Good technical pharmaceutical knowledge Good clinical pharmaceutical knowledge Knowledge of audit

Desirable

Good IT skills (including word processing and spreadsheets)

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Self-motivated Data analysis Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to work as a team member and independently Ability to work with multidisciplinary, multi-agency groups Ability to identify when advice needs to be sought Ability to work across the Trust footprint Good time management

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