Pharmacy Technician

The main duties of the role will be:

o Medicines reconciliation and review on admission.

o Providing support and information to patients and carers to assist with the management of their medicines.

o Optimising medicines, taking a holistic view of both mental and physical healthcare needs.

o Providing physical health and wellbeing advice to patients, carers and staff.

o Discharge planning, liaison with patients, carers, community teams and pharmacies.

Operational support to the main dispensary at SNH by performing regular accuracy checking slots.

We welcome applications from registered Pharmacy Technician colleagues or those Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians who are due to qualify before April 2025 working in all sectors of the profession. Prior experience working in mental health is not required as a comprehensive programme of training and clinical supervision will be provided.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

The North East of England and Cumbria boasts some of Britain's most beautiful scenery, coastline and national parks. It offers affordable house prices, good connectivity and train links with some major cities. It can offer a fantastic quality of life and working for our Trust promotes a great work life balance. We have bases in many beautiful places which can give our staff the opportunity to explore some of these surrounding areas.

As a department, we are committed to developing and supporting our staff to achieve the maximum they can from their career, whilst delivering outstanding patient centred care.

To find out more about our department and see what our team has to say you can watch our YouTube video https://youtu.be/JgVFF1jMsuY