Mental Health Pharmacy Technician
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Job summary
Interest or experience in Mental Health or primary care and looking for something a bit different?
New and exciting opportunities have arisen for two primary care Pharmacy Technicians in the East Hampshire Primary Mental Health Care Team. The successful candidates will be contributing to and delivering a new way of working in mental health.
Working with Primary Care Networks (PCN's) within East Hampshire you will help support patient pathways across the interface of primary and secondary care. You will work closely with the Advanced Pharmacists, general practice staff, mental health practitioners based in primary care as well as community mental health staff.
The post involves working alongside doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in both primary and secondary care to provide a more integrated health care provision. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and need to be flexible, self-driven and adaptable.
Main duties of the job
Across Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) we have launched our plan to transform experiences in adult mental health in a programme called 'No Wrong Door'. This is a new and innovative service led by the local NHS, councils, Public Health, GPs, voluntary and community partners and people with lived experience of mental illness.
Through our research adults with a serious mental illness have told us first contact is the most important point in successfully starting their recovery. When people with a serious mental illness are at their most anxious, they face too many choices with little support.
To tackle this, we are going to:
1.Ensure that at the start of a person's recovery, wherever and however a person accesses care they are met with compassion, understanding, and supported with both their physical and mental wellbeing.
2.Build teams around communities that are close to people's homes, by working with our partners including the voluntary sector, making sure people's recovery is close to their personal support networks.
3.Provide people who are working across these physical and mental health services with the right support and training, making sure we have creative career options across the area.
Southern Health NHS Trust will be working with Primary Care Networks, known as PCNs, to develop teams of health and care professionals including wellbeing practitioners, nurses, experts in psychology and psychiatry, pharmacists social workers, and education and employment support workers.
About us
Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?
Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?
We want to meet you!
Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.
Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.
Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:
- Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
- We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
- We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.
Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.
Details
Date posted
28 June 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-PSE-C-1203A
Job locations
The Parkway Centre - Havant
51 Leigh Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2BF
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Parkway Centre - Havant
51 Leigh Road
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2BF
Employer's website
https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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