Pharmacy Support Worker Higher Level - Replenishment | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Medicines Management Service in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The organisation has recently invested significantly in the team's expansion to reconfigure the way we deliver our service. We would like you to join our team and be part of delivering the next stage of our exciting journey.

The Medicines Management team is well-established with a track record in delivering outcomes, our pharmacy support workers are key to ensuring this happens. The service supports physical health, mental health and community care across a large geographical footprint.

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individuals to join our team of pharmacy support workers. We have vacancies for permanent positions in our replenishment services based at Maghull Health Park and supporting our clinical services across the Mersey Care footprint.

The replenishment and clinical support team assists in the efficient and economical running of the pharmacy service by the maintenance of defined stock levels of pharmaceutical products on wards, community-based services, and other areas. The team supports with the completion of audits and works closely with the clinical and dispensary teams also.

Shortlisting planned for: 18 November 2024

Interview planned for: 27 November 2024

The successful candidates will support the smooth running of the service ensuring that medication is ordered and audited safely and accurately and in a timely manner. The post holder will be actively involved in undertaking audit in line with the safe and secure handling of medicines standards. You will be required to undertake a broad range of duties and full training will be provided., At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For full information regarding responsibilities, required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.

The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our seven- day medicines supply service in line with the hours of operation.

1. To work in accordance with trust policies, procedures & standard operating procedures as appropriate.
2. To accurately and efficiently order & supply stock and named-patient dispensed medicines, including supply of compliance aids and patient information leaflets.
3. To follow up any outstanding orders for wards, clinics, procurement and service users on a daily basis in line with standard operation procedures.
4. To follow up any outstanding items on supplier orders on a daily basis and escalate appropriately.
5. To be involved in the supply of clozapine to service users. This will include:

a) Dispensing of clozapine (including utilising compliance aids) in accordance with standard operating procedures.
b) Liaising with patients, the clozapine monitoring service, and clinical team regarding the appropriate supply of clozapine.
c) Receiving of clozapine blood results.

d) Issue of medication to clients at clozapine clinic.
e) Organising the request and receipt of up-to-date clozapine prescriptions.
6. To participate in the dispensing and stock supply of controlled drugs.

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible, and motivated individuals to join our teamandwelcome applications from experienced pharmacy support staff from any sector who have an interest in developing their professional career within a hospital pharmacy setting. There will be opportunity to develop your skills and experience and we will provide full training and a well-structured support system, including robust individual and group supervision, personal development planning and access to professional development opportunities.

You will be part of an expanding team of highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focused service.

This role would suit someone who is committed to providing high quality patient focused care utilising excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work within a large team.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.