CMHT Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician

The roles and duties of this post will include:

• Developing close working relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and contributing to the safe adminsitration of medicines in the community.


• Ensuring the transfer of patients discharge information from inpatient wards to CMHTs is seamless.


• Red medicines are prescribed by CMHT prescribers.


• Responding to medication-related queries, providing advice on medicine availbilty /shortages, safe storage of medicines, defect products, clozapine blood tests.


• Providing medicines information to support patients and carers to optimise treatment outcomes. Counselling packages on Lithium already developed .


• Educating colleagues about medicines management and medicines optimisation.


• Auditing depot card prescriptions. Presenting audit results at the quarterly medicine management operational meeting.


• Supporting Clozapine patients within CMHTs. Checking if Gass- C/Assay levels, Physical monitoring checks have been completed yearly and Clozapine is recorded on the GP system.


• Review Datix incidents within the CMHTs


• Weekly session working within the dispensary at Kingsway.
  
  We have a fantastic opportunity for two experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly, established and respected mental health team, in leading and developing the pharmacy service provided to mental health services in Derbyshire.


We provide all our pharmacy staff with opportunities for career development, including CMHP Psych 1 and 2 courses, distance learning postgraduate certificate in Mental health Therapeutics through Aston University, JUCD leadership courses.

This role would be ideally suited to an experienced Mental Health Pharmacy technician looking for progression in their career or looking to relocate .

One role will be based at Kingsway Hospital Derby and the other role will be based at the Hartington Unit Chesterfield. Travel between multiple DHCFT sites will be essesntial part of this role.

DHCFT is undergoing a major development in the inpatient service with the current building of 2 new hospitals including new acute adults wards and a PICU. These are due to open Autumn 2024. The pharmacy department are expanding our inpatient service to these new areas, as well as enhancing the service we are delivering to our community mental health teams (CMHT)., Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."


• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible


• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service


• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training


• Generous NHS pension scheme


• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits


• Health service discounts and online benefits


• Incremental pay progression


• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7


• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network


• Health and wellbeing opportunities


• Structured learning and development opportunities