Pharmacy Technician

Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed Pharmacy Technician to provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. If you're looking for an innovative clinical role, that is at the forefront of delivering patient-tailored care within the inpatient and community services, with exciting opportunities for professional development and a good work-life balance, then look no further.

The Pharmacy Technician will join our established and respected team based at St Martins's Hospital in Canterbury, working both in the inpatient and community settings. We are passionate and dedicated to ensuring medicines safety is at the heart of patient care.

Our Pharmacy Technicians are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support to do accredited medicine management qualifications and NHS leadership courses.

Main duties of the job
Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, key aspects of this clinical post will include providing a comprehensive medicine management service to the inpatient and community services.

This will include focusing on medicines reconciliation on admission, discharge facilitation, patient counselling, medicines supply and delivering pharmacy services in clozapine and depot clinics in the locality.

Extended roles include contributing to the audit and teaching agendas and supporting the coordination and supply of clozapine to community patients, including near patient testing at clozapine monitoring clinics.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.

Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• NVQ 3 / 4 or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC
• Medications management knowledge including appropriate policies and legislation acquired through formal education and specialist training

Desirable

• Accredited Medicine management qualification
• Accredited accuracy checking qualification
• Experience in using the Point of Care Haematology (PocHi) machine

Experience
Essential

• Minimum of 12 months post-qualification experience
• Working within a clinical/ward environment
• Working in various disciplines and across organisational boundaries, linking primary and secondary care

Desirable

• Experience and/or an interest in mental health

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Able to work as part of a team
• Good at practical problem solving
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload

Desirable

• Good understanding of the issues affecting mental health prescribing
• Project management skills

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).