About this role
Job summary
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides comprehensive Mental Health, Learning Disability/Autism, and Childrens and Young Peoples services to the population of Coventry and Warwickshire.
This post will be based within clinical areas in the Childrens and Young Persons Directorate.
As a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, you will be part of a clinical team and have an excellent opportunity to play an instrumental role in contributing to the Trust's progressive medicines optimisation strategy.
Main duties of the job
You will have a broad, post qualification, technical and pharmaceutical knowledge, with experience relating to the promotion of high quality, effective and safe use of medicines.
This will include traditional supply, medicines management standards, governance, medicines reconciliation, audit and patient/career education.
You will receive professional support from the Medicines Management Team based at Wayside House, Coventry, CV6 6NY.
You must have an independent means of transport to travel around the Trust's geographic area and to work flexibly to meets the needs of the service.
About us
Candidate Information Pack Dec 24
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Develop and maintain safe systems of medication supply to clinical areas in association with the Service provider.
Monitor processes that medicines are supplied accurately, efficiently and appropriately to meet the demands of individual patients and the Trust.
To facilitate the systems for dispensing and supply of medicines, including: inpatient medication, discharge medication, leave medication, monitored dosage systems.
Co-ordinate and manage systems of using patients own drugs and one-stop dispensing (as appropriate).
To discuss with newly admitted clients their current use of medications, both prescribed and over the counter and document how the client says they take their medication.
To review and update individual service user profiles: maintaining up to date and accurate information on medication therapy for individual patients.
To liaise with the ward pharmacist and medical team to highlight any differences in the clients prescribed medication when relating this to what/how they state they take their medication and, where appropriate, clarify any discrepancy by liaising with the GP, carer or other agency.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC Diploma or equivalent (e.g. NVQ3) in Pharmaceutical Science
- Registered technician member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Willingness to undertake on the job training and competency assessment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to offer advice on the safe storage and administration of drugs
- Must have a sound knowledge of pharmacy processes
- Proficient IT skills eg. ability to use Microsoft Office programs
- Should be able to communicate sensitive information to patients
- Must have effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to cope with emotional lability and disturbed personalities amongst the client group
- Understanding of service users in a mental health / learning disability / substance misuse services
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience
- Broad technical & pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, effective and cost effective use of medicines
- Experience of audit
- Experience of working with people with mental health/ learning disability problems or in the community
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address
Park View Clinic
52 Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)