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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover 9 - 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Take part in weekend, bank holiday, early and late working rotas, as required)
Job ref
364-A-8437-A
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chelford Court Pharmacy
Town
Chelmsford
Salary
拢37,338 - 拢44,962 per annum, pro rata for part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Management)

Band 6

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

鈥淭o be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care鈥.

Our Purpose

鈥淲e care for people every day. What we do together, matters鈥.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

Are you a qualified and experienced registered pharmacy technician looking for an exciting new challenge as part of a forward thinking and dynamic pharmacy team?

We are looking for an enlightened technician to join the team as a medicines management technician for a 9-12 months Maternity cover period, to provide support for specific project work within Mid and South Essex. This innovative post would suit ambitious and forward thinking registered pharmacy technician who would join the Community Mental Health Team as integral members of the听Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) Pharmacy Service.

If you are looking for a unique opportunity in a responsible and challenging post, this could be the role for you. You will work independently at times as well as operating closely with the advanced pharmacist, supporting medicines switches, updating medication records and liaising with the community mental health teams across the EPUT footprint of Mid and South Essex (MSE). The post includes participation in the weekly ACPT, weekend and bank holiday dispensary rota, and there may be opportunity to work additional hours elsewhere within the pharmacy team, as part of our staff bank.

We are seeking self-motivated and adaptable pharmacy technicians with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to take on this exciting new post. 听

Main duties of the job

Your role will be primarily community based and involve delivering a medicines optimisation service in order to provide high quality, efficient pharmaceutical care to patients across our community mental health teams and you will work closely with both the wider pharmacy team and the integrated multi-disciplinary teams to develop innovative working practices and improve medicines optimisation. A recognised medicines management qualification is essential for this role.

The trust has a strong commitment to learning and development; you will be supported with full training that is required for this role and we can offer support to develop your career within a friendly and supportive team of professionals.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist medicines management support in a specific area of clinical and/or operational practice, to support the medicines-related care of patients, support the provision of medicines management services and to participate in training and education as required.

See the Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
  • Accredited checking qualification
  • Current registration with GPhC
  • Medicines management/Medicines Reconciliation qualification or willingness to work towards
  • CPPE consultation skills qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ A1 workplace assessor or willingness to work towards

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • Shares trusts beliefs and models this in attitude and behaviour
  • Ensures trust values are demonstrated
  • Driving licence / access to a vehicle for work

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good time management, organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Ability to use initiative and solve problems
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work alone and motivate staff
  • Ability to demonstarte effective communication skills (written and oral)
  • Knowledge of psychotropic drug therapy

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration pharmacy experience, including mental health
  • Experience as working as part of a multi disciplinary team
  • Literate in IT skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of developing SOPs
  • Experience of supervising staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Menopause Friendly EmployerEssex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Oyepero Olasehinde-williams
Job title
Pharmacy Team Manager -Community MSE
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07773066693