Pharmacy Support Worker - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Medicines Management Service in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The organisation has recently invested significantly in the team's expansion to reconfigure the way we deliver our service.

We would like you to join our team and be part of delivering the next stage of our exciting journey.

The Medicines Management team is well-established with a track record in delivering outcomes, our pharmacy support workers are key to ensuring this happens.

The service supports physical health, mental health and community care across a large geographical footprint.

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individuals to join our team of pharmacy support workers.

At present we have vacancies for permanent and bank positions in our replenishment, stores and dispensary services based at both Maghull Health Park and Hollins Park Hospital in Warrington.

Applications are invited from all individuals with experience working in pharmacy or services, including those who are community-based with no previous hospital experience.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your pharmacy career and break into the hospital sector.

You will be part of an expanding team of highly professional and dedicated staff whose aim is to provide an excellent, patient focused service.

This role would suit someone who is committed to providing high quality patient safety focused care utilising excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work within a large team.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Clare Durbin on:

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

To accurately and efficiently supply stock and dispensed medicines, including supply of compliance aids and patient information leaflets.
To follow up any outstanding orders for wards and service users on a daily basis.
To provide support for clinical trials and unlicensed medicines, including maintenance of stock and records, in accordance with standard operating procedures.
To be involved in the supply of clozapine to service users

This will include:
a) Dispensing of clozapine (including utilising compliance aids) in accordance with standard operating procedures.
b) Liaising with patients, the clozapine monitoring service, and clinical team regarding the appropriate supply of clozapine.
c) Receiving and processing of clozapine blood results.
d) Issue of medication to clients at clozapine clinic.
e) Organising the request and receipt of up to date clozapine prescriptions.
f) Answering telephone queries.