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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Compressed hours
30 hours per week
Job ref
354-CO-21501-A
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Langley Green Hospital
Town
Crawley
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum / pro rata for part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/11/2024 23:59

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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Community Mental Health Teams NW Sussex

NHS AfC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Are you a caring, engaging and innovative Pharmacy Technician? If so,  you could be well suited to this role.

We are looking to recruit a highly committed band 6 Specialist Pharmacy Technician  (Mental Health) to be part of the Trust Medicines Management Team working with our Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) in North West Sussex. 

The base is listed as Langley Green however consideration will be given to other potential bases in West Sussex.  Please contact us for further information.

We are ideally looking to recruit a Pharmacy Technician with mental health experience; however full training and support will be given to the right candidate .  We also have a comprehensive in house training package which you would be welcome to join along with regular support from the wider CMHT team. 

This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

This position is part time at 30 hours per week. 

 

Main duties of the job

This post presents a great opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician motivated by the desire to improve patient care to support the Community Mental Health teams (CMHT). You will be working with Specialist Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians  to provide this service. 

The role demands an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.

The team provides a well-structured support system, access to professional training, and excellent opportunity for professional development.

There is no dispensary commitment with this role, or weekend working.  There are opportunities for direct patient contact and care as an integral part of the role.  

Please see attached job description for further details about this role.

 

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trust in the UK. The physical health of our mental health patients is important to us and with the live expectancy of patients with serious mental health dying 15 to 20 years earlier, the trust is committed to reducing this risk and pharmacy play a key role in this.   

About us

As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

You can expect:

  • Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
  • Excellent supervision programmes. 
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
  • A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
  • Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
  • Excellent NHS Pension Scheme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached documents for further information.  Alternatively, if you have any queries regarding the role please contact us. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) by 2011
  • To have successfully completed the South East (South Coast) Medicines Management Education and Developments, Medicines Management Accreditation Scheme or equivalent National competency assessment
  • To have successfully completed the accredited checking technician course
  • To have successfully completed the HEE educational supervisor course
  • Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential criteria
  • To have demonstrable evidence of having met the full gateway KSF for 5 Pharmacy Technician
  • Experience of supervising technicians and/or pharmacy assistants
  • Ability to identify own training needs
  • Significant experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department post qualification
  • Basic pharmaceutical knowledge on actions and uses of medicines , including those used in mental health
  • Experience of medicines management schemes
  • Experience handling straightforward Medicines Information queries.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Yvonne Ogbuefi
Job title
Lead Pharmacist Community North West Sussex
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07471 032099
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