Job summary
We are excited to announce an opportunity to help shape and support a novel role for pharmacy technicians within community mental health care. This role has been developed as part of East London Foundation NHS Trusts ambitious Community Transformation Programme, developed to redesign and improve the way mental health care services are delivered for our population.
Main duties of the job
You'll be embedded within newly formed Community Integrated Mental Health Services (CIMHS) across the borough working to support service users in new models of care, supporting medicines optimisation and safety in Newham. This will involve supporting colleagues and service users with medicines management, medicines consultations, provision of psychotropic medicines information, safe transfer of care, management of medicines shortages and supporting our ADHD clinic. The post-holder will support in scoping and mapping mental health pharmacy technician roles and responsibilities in new and emerging areas, and lead on projects to improve care for our service users. The post-holder will deliver education and training for primary care colleagues to increase knowledge and confidence around management of psychotropic medications, especially depot antipsychotics.
We are looking for an experienced mental health pharmacy technician with a passion for improving access to, and quality of mental health care in the community setting, who can display innovation and bring ideas to extend the boundaries of the pharmacy profession.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder must be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health problems and be driven to improve their care through medicine management.
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder must be able to show compassion and respect for people with mental health problems and be driven to improve their care through medicine management.
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person Specification
Educational/ Qualification
Essential
- oBTEC/ City & Guilds/NVQ3 pharmacy or equivalent
- oAccredited MMT technician
- oRegional Accreditation for Checking dispensed items (ACT accreditation)
- oEducational Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- oExperience in hospital pharmacy post qualification
- oSuccess in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
- oManagement experience
- oWorking within a multidisciplinary team
- oImplemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
- oExperience in tutoring and training
- oDrug history taking
- oWard based clinical work
- oPrevious experience of audit
Desirable
- oPrevious experience in providing clinical mental health services.
- oProducing reports
- oCreating rota
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- oAble to monitor, review and develop service standards
- oUse of Microsoft Excel/Word to intermediate level Able
- oGood written and oral communication skills
- oNumerate - able to perform simple calculations
- oAbility to work carefully with attention to detail
- oAbility to work unsupervised in an organised manner
- oAbility to plan work & meet targets
- oIdeas of how ward services may develop over the next few years and the factors that may affect these developments
Desirable
- oAwareness of the issues around quality and patient care
- oAwareness of risk management issues
- oUnderstanding the discharge process
- oUse JAC/RIO
- oCarrying out Quality improvement projects
Person Specification
Educational/ Qualification
Essential
- oBTEC/ City & Guilds/NVQ3 pharmacy or equivalent
- oAccredited MMT technician
- oRegional Accreditation for Checking dispensed items (ACT accreditation)
- oEducational Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- oExperience in hospital pharmacy post qualification
- oSuccess in a previous post requiring completion of work to deadlines
- oManagement experience
- oWorking within a multidisciplinary team
- oImplemented/provided a Self Administration Scheme
- oExperience in tutoring and training
- oDrug history taking
- oWard based clinical work
- oPrevious experience of audit
Desirable
- oPrevious experience in providing clinical mental health services.
- oProducing reports
- oCreating rota
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- oAble to monitor, review and develop service standards
- oUse of Microsoft Excel/Word to intermediate level Able
- oGood written and oral communication skills
- oNumerate - able to perform simple calculations
- oAbility to work carefully with attention to detail
- oAbility to work unsupervised in an organised manner
- oAbility to plan work & meet targets
- oIdeas of how ward services may develop over the next few years and the factors that may affect these developments
Desirable
- oAwareness of the issues around quality and patient care
- oAwareness of risk management issues
- oUnderstanding the discharge process
- oUse JAC/RIO
- oCarrying out Quality improvement projects
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
