Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager - Mental Health Services

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician with an interest in mental health to join our Medicines Management Team. Our Team has secured a significant amount of additional investment to enable the transformation and expansion of clinical inpatient and dispensary services.

It is a great time to join us and help influence the future provision of pharmacy services to our Secure Care Division. Our new model positions pharmacy technicians alongside pharmacists as clinicians and fully integrated members of the multidisciplinary team, optimising medicines for our patients.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for pharmacy technicians seeking a clinical ward-based managerial role as part of a team of pharmacists, technicians and support staff. You will be encouraged to use your skills to influence and improve patient care. You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise in mental health pharmacy in one of only three Trusts in England to provide services to High, Medium and Low secure services.

While this role is predominantly ward-based, you will be expected to maintain your dispensing accuracy checking competencies. You will be required to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas. Weekend/Bank Holiday opening hours are 9:30 am-13:30pm and the rota is 1 in 8-12 weeks, depending on staffing numbers.

Shortlisting is planned for 22 October 2024

Interview is planned for 28 October 2024 (exact date TBC)

Main duties of the job

To deliver a high-quality medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care service to all patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

To support medicines reconciliation, providing a timely discharge service, working alongside the ward and pharmacy team

To be actively involved in providing a seven-day pharmacy medicines management service.

To have managerial responsibility for the day-today operation of ward based technical services, to ensure patients receive their medicines accurately and safely, in a timely manner.

To develop a technician-led clinical ward-based service, including implementing innovative approaches to manage ward-based supply of dispensed medicines.

To ensure optimum use of allocated pharmacy technicians and assess training needs

To support the development and review of ward-based policies and procedures.

To plan and organise ward-based audits and implement any education and training deemed necessary.

To lead or participate in departmental meetings and represent the Medicines Management team at appropriate meetings.

The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas. Weekend/Bank Holiday opening hours are 10am-2pm and the rota is 1 in 8-12 weeks, depending on staffing numbers.

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.

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.