Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 274-11287-COR
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pharmacy Department
- Town
- Lincoln
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/02/2025
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our successful mental health team at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, working across Lincolnshire.
You will join a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy support workers, and trainee staff members who provide a comprehensive clinical service across the trust, and you will use your experience, skills, and initiative to develop, coordinate and provide a high-quality clinical and operational pharmacy service to inpatient and community patients and their carers. You will also contribute to the pharmacy core service, performing departmental and clinical duties, that will impact inpatient sites, clozapine clinics, third party sector, primary and secondary care.
To apply you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of this role include:
- To provide and support the delivery of a high quality, clinically focused medicines optimisation service across Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust. (Working across Inpatient, Community & Place Based Teams)
- To ensure the service provided is patient-centred, safe and supports the cost effective use of medicines and resources and to participate in developing innovative ways of working to enhance patient-care.
- To provide an inpatient ward and community team clinical medicines management service which includes efficient, safe medicines supply and storage, the self administration of medication and utilisation of PODs.
- To support the pharmacy team working across the healthcare boundaries in Lincolnshire.
- To develop and participate in basic training and teaching activities relating to medicines management across the Trust to other healthcare professionals, service users and carers where required.
- To help develop, maintain and comply with standard operating procedures within the department.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re proud of this!
Perhaps now is the time for you to join our developing workforce and begin a new life in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire is a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. You can visit belincolnshire.com to find out more.
If it’s flexible working or home based working, excellent benefits including holidays and pensions, or an organisation that embraces culture and diversity, then look no further!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Your well-being matters to us, so you can choose from flexible hours, part-time or hybrid working arrangements to suit your lifestyle. You'll only work between Monday to Friday, with no weekend, bank holiday, or out-of-hours requirements. If you would be interested in relocating then Lincolnshire is a very appealing place to live with it’s beautiful landscapes, affordable housing, and thriving economy thriving economy and social life.
We will invest in you, so we will fully fund and support postgraduate studies or courses to help you further develop your career. We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- Childcare Vouchers
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today: Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Richard Lewis, Pharmacy Operational Services Manager, via email at [email protected] or by telephone at 01522 421468.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge in Pharmacy Services or equivalent BTEC or BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent pharmacy based qualification e.g. City & Guilds; Apothacary Hall and relevant experience to degree level
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant further educational qualifications e.g. in IT, project management
- Good Clinical Practice Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, in a hospital or community pharmacy
- Experience in primary or secondary care environment with awareness of specialist client group needs
- Experience working as a pharmacy technician providing tactful and persuasive patient focused care
- Experience of carrying out or leading on clinical audits
- Knowledge of the principles of medicines optimisation
- Evidence of training, teaching or supervising other clinical staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in NHS and a mental health setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from all agencies and at all levels including service users, carers and professionals using a variety of techniques
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good IT literacy and skills
- Ability to work accurately, methodically with long periods of concentration
- Self-motivation and able to engage and motivate others around them
- Able to work with limited direction, independently and work well as a team player
- Ability to recognise when to seek appropriate assistance from colleagues
- Ability to receive, understand and convey technical information clearly
- Empathetic to both colleagues and patients needs
- Ability to work and cope under pressure and manage reasonable levels of stress
- Very good interpersonal skills that are conducive to harmonious team working, within pharmacy and other teams
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of financial databases
- Experience of spreadsheets
- Ability to present information in either written or visual forms
- Experience of working with a diverse range of people with differing needs
Special requirements
Essential criteria
- Must have the ability to travel independently across sites without the use of public transport
- Willingness to work across all Trust & PCN sites
- Flexible approach to work and punctual
- Has attention to detail, analysing and interpreting data accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily
- Able to effectively manage allocated resources
- An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
Desirable criteria
- Understand the aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this for Clinical Pharmacy across the primary care networks and community mental health teams
- Knowledge and ability to use GP clinical systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Lewis
- Job title
- Pharmacy Operational Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07770641600
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