Twelve-month maternity cover as a pharmacy technician across the inpatient mental health wards in the Dartford locality, for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. Core work is medicines management on admission and discharge, including reconciliation, patient counselling, supply and multidisciplinary input. It suits technicians with hospital or mental health experience seeking to consolidate their skills, and those new to mental health from another sector. GPhC registration and 12 months' post-qualification experience are essential.
What the job involves
- Support the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Lead Clinical Pharmacist in delivering a patient-centred medicines management service across the locality
- Complete medicines reconciliation on admission
- Support safe and timely discharge through effective medicines management
- Provide patient counselling to ensure understanding and adherence
- Coordinate the supply of medicines in line with clinical needs
- Ensure patients receive evidence-based pharmacological treatment, take part in shared decision-making, and are monitored for response and side effects
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and advise on medication-related issues
- Contribute to audit, service development and teaching initiatives
What’s required
Qualifications
- NVQ level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or similar
- Medicines management knowledge, including policies and legislation, gained through formal education and specialist training
Registration & licences
- Registered with the GPhC
Experience
- Minimum of 12 months post-qualification experience
- Working within a clinical or ward environment
- Working across disciplines and organisational boundaries, linking primary and secondary care
- Good understanding of primary and secondary care
- An interest in mental health
Skills & knowledge
- Advanced IT literacy, especially Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Able to work as part of a team
- Practical problem solving
- Excellent communication skills
- Good written and oral presentation skills
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload
Other
- Able to work alone to short deadlines
- Able to co-ordinate complex activities, adjusting plans where needed
Nice to have
- Accredited medicines management qualification
- Accredited accuracy checking qualification
- Experience of working on a female psychiatric ward or psychiatric intensive care unit
- Understanding of the issues affecting mental health prescribing
- Project management skills
What’s offered
- High Cost Area allowance
- Support to complete an accredited medicines management qualification
- Support to attend NHS leadership courses
- Opportunities for personal growth and development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
