Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - NHS - ref. h21574823

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

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Job overview

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides comprehensive acute in-patient mental health, learning disability/autism, and community mental health services to the population of Coventry and Warwickshire.

This post will be based within clinical areas (inpatient and community) serviced by the Trust.

As a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, you will be part of a clinical team and have an excellent opportunity to play an instrumental role in contributing to the Trust’s progressive medicines optimisation strategy.

This role does not involve any dispensary element as the Trust outsources its dispensing service to an external contractor.

Main duties of the job

You will have a broad, post qualification, technical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with experience relating to the promotion of high quality, effective and safe use of medicines.

This will include traditional supply, medicines management standards, governance, medicines reconciliation, audit and patient/career education.

You will receive professional support from the Medicines Management Team based at Wayside House, Coventry, CV6 6NY.

You must have an independent means of transport to travel around the Trust’s geographic area and to work flexibly to meets the needs of the service.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

• Develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to clinical areas in association with the Service provider.
• Monitor processes that medicines are supplied accurately, efficiently and appropriately to meet the demands of individual patients and the Trust.
• To facilitate the systems for dispensing and supply of medicines, including: inpatient medication, discharge medication, leave medication, monitored dosage systems.
• Co-ordinate and manage systems of using patients’ own drugs and one-stop dispensing (as appropriate).
• To discuss with newly admitted clients their current use of medications, both prescribed and over the counter and document how the client says they take their medication.
• To review and update individual service user profiles: maintaining up to date and accurate information on medication therapy for individual patients.
• To liaise with the ward pharmacist and medical team to highlight any differences in the clients prescribed medication when relating this to what/how they state they take their medication and, where appropriate, clarify any discrepancy by liaising with the GP, carer or other agency

Person specification

Qualifications

• BTEC Diploma or equivalent (e.g. NVQ3) in Pharmaceutical Science
• Registered technician member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Willingness to undertake on the job training and competency assessment.

Experience

• Post qualification experience
• Broad technical & pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective use of medicines

Other

• Required to travel to attend meetings and training as required.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

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