Job summary
We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, and motivated individual with a passion for supporting those with mental illness and learning disabilities to join our pharmacy team within LYPFT. The successful applicant will have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills who can work effectively as part of a team and independently.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work closely with our clinical teams and Pharmacists in providing a high-quality medicines optimisation service to clinical areas within LYPFT. Key areas of responsibility include:
- Completion of medicines reconciliation
- Ensuring timely supply of medicines
- Delivering a patient focused medicines optimisation service to clinical areas.
- Support the timely and smooth transfer of patient care at the point of discharge.
- Participate in the training and supervision of new staff, trainees, and wider healthcare team
For informal enquiries please email Lianne Riley lianne.riley2@nhs.net
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will have direct communication with other pharmacy personnel, prescribing doctors, nursing staff, service users and carers.
- Take detailed and accurate medication histories and check that the medicines prescribed for each patient correspond with the information gathered and ensure that this is documented within the relevant electronic system(s)
- The post holder will communicatecomplexand sometimes sensitive medicines-relatedinformation to a variety of healthcare professionals, collectively and individually.The post holder may have to adjust their communication styles and content to take into accountother peoples language difficulties, intellectual abilities or background, for example.
- The post holder will ensure theyrecord all their interventions made during their working week as agreed by their manager.
- Provide information (verbal and/or written) to service users with regards to the safe and effective use of their medication, prescription payments, exemptions, and further supplies.
- To liaise withprimary, secondary, and tertiary care services (GPs,CPNs social workers,community pharmacistsetc.), to improve the pharmaceutical care of patientsunder the care of community services withinLeeds.
- To liaise with other healthcare professionals in the provision of a pharmaceutical service to a client group which includes some with very specific needs and difficulties and others who may exhibit severe challenging behaviour.
- Developing relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
- The post holder will be required to communicate information to pharmacy staff with regards to any dispensing errors made whilst accuracy checking prescriptions
- Use well developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- To work in a collaborative manner across all health and social care interfaces to support patient-centred care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will have direct communication with other pharmacy personnel, prescribing doctors, nursing staff, service users and carers.
- Take detailed and accurate medication histories and check that the medicines prescribed for each patient correspond with the information gathered and ensure that this is documented within the relevant electronic system(s)
- The post holder will communicatecomplexand sometimes sensitive medicines-relatedinformation to a variety of healthcare professionals, collectively and individually.The post holder may have to adjust their communication styles and content to take into accountother peoples language difficulties, intellectual abilities or background, for example.
- The post holder will ensure theyrecord all their interventions made during their working week as agreed by their manager.
- Provide information (verbal and/or written) to service users with regards to the safe and effective use of their medication, prescription payments, exemptions, and further supplies.
- To liaise withprimary, secondary, and tertiary care services (GPs,CPNs social workers,community pharmacistsetc.), to improve the pharmaceutical care of patientsunder the care of community services withinLeeds.
- To liaise with other healthcare professionals in the provision of a pharmaceutical service to a client group which includes some with very specific needs and difficulties and others who may exhibit severe challenging behaviour.
- Developing relationships with other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
- The post holder will be required to communicate information to pharmacy staff with regards to any dispensing errors made whilst accuracy checking prescriptions
- Use well developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- To work in a collaborative manner across all health and social care interfaces to support patient-centred care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC diploma in pharmaceutical science & NVQ level 3 diploma in pharmacy skills (or equivalent qualification)
- Registration with GPhC
Experience
Essential
- Work based experience of working in a hospital pharmacy environment.
- Evidence of CPD in line with professional registration
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC diploma in pharmaceutical science & NVQ level 3 diploma in pharmacy skills (or equivalent qualification)
- Registration with GPhC
Experience
Essential
- Work based experience of working in a hospital pharmacy environment.
- Evidence of CPD in line with professional registration
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
