Senior Pharmacy Technician - North East England, United Kingdom - Transformationunitgm

Description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Employer Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site County Durham area Town Durham Salary £28,407 - £34,581 (pro rata) per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/05/2024 23:59

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Community Mental Health Services NHS AfC: Band 5

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated registered Pharmacy Technicians to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our community pharmacy services. The successful applicants will share our vision and be committed to our values and goals for the delivery of the best care to our patients. If you would like to work for an organisation that ensures excellence in patient care is achievable, then we would like to hear from you.

We can offer further development and training to extend your role in improving patient care. Applicants should hold Level 3 BTEC/NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician is desirable although applications from qualified Pharmacy Technicians working in the Community or primary care sector are welcome.

We currently have several fixed term vacancies to support the TEWV pharmacy team priority of integrating pharmacy professionals into mental health community teams and primary care. Part time will be considered. The role involves providing community based medicines management services to community teams and Primary Care Networks within your identified place of work within the County Durham area.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business.

Main duties of the job

We have 3 roles initially on a fixed term. It is anticipated that successful implementation of the roles will result in on-going funding.

The geographical areas for the roles are as follows:-

• Central Durham & Durham East area
• Sedgefield and Durham Dales area

The successful candidate will provide technical aspects of the pharmacy medicines management & medicines optimisation services. You will be based at one of the community team bases aligned to the areas covered by the role.

You will be supported by a team of other pharmacy technicians, clinical pharmacists and pharmacy assistants.

Appropriate training will be provided for all inhouse competencies related to the role

Working for our organisation

The Pharmacy team in TEWV has over 100 team members including drivers, pharmacy assistants, administration, nurses, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. Individual team members are spread across multiple sites, with a dispensary in each of our 3 localities. The locality teams work independently, but come together to agree standards and best practice, learning from each other and trying to improve.

We developed a 5-year Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Framework which was created with the teams to produce a shared set of themes and priorities.

The Trust is currently working with staff and partners to deliver the Community Mental Health Transformation programme (CMHTP). This is a five-year programme, driven by the NHS England Long Term Plan, that looks at the needs of local populations and how organisations can move towards a more joined up approach to services to improve the lives of people living with mental health illnesses.

This is an exciting time to be involved in the transformation of how mental health services are delivered in the community and you will be instrumental in providing medicines management and optimisation services for the benefit of service users and the wider local population, as well as supporting our wider partners in primary care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide technical aspects of the pharmacy medicines management & medicines optimisation services. You will be based at one of the community team bases advertised in the post.

You will be supported by a team of other pharmacy technicians, clinical pharmacists and pharmacy assistants.

Appropriate training will be provided for all inhouse competencies related to the role

Person specification Qualification

• NVQ level 3 with BTEC underpinning knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accredited National Medicines management course (modules 1-3) or regional equivalent. or willingness to work towards / relevant experience
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development / willingness to work towards qualifications & competencies relevant to role
• Accredited checking qualification or willingness to work towards
• NVQ D32/33 or A1 assessor

Experience

• Substantial experience of pharmacy practice as Pharmacy technician
• Hospital OR primary care OR community experience or equivalent
• Experience of mental health pharmacy
• Experience in clinical pharmacy

Skills

• Organisational and time management skills
• Good communication skills written and verbal
• patient care
• Able to follow legal and organisational policies and procedures
• Ability to work independantly and as a member of a team and be able to be flexible and cover where necessary
• Staff supervision

Knowledge

• Numeracy and Literacy
• Understanding of risk associated with medicines
• Microsoft office word
• Microsoft office powerpoint

If the contract type on the vacancy states 'Fixed Term' this would mean the vacancy is being advertised to address a temporary need for the duration stipulated on the advert, however, in the event that permanent funding is secured for the post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

Internal applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.

Newly Qualified Nurses

All band 5 nursing positions are only open to those candidates who already have their NMC registration in place and have successfully completed a preceptorship programme. Please note: Newly qualified applicants or those due to qualify will be recruited via a separate process, for more information about this process please contact:

TEWV encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the protection of staff, service users and visitors to the Trust from second hand smoke and currently operates a no smoking policy which ensures all buildings and grounds are smoke free.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals who have experience of mental ill health or learning disabilities. Our service users and carers tell us our staff should be consistently concerned with maintaining and improving care with pride, empathy and compassion.

This job advert may close as soon as sufficient suitable applications have been received. If interested please apply for this post as soon as possible.

In order for your application to be successfully processed we will require references from your current and previous employer(s) which must cover a minimum period of three years. Please ensure that the reference section of your application is completed appropriately giving the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current and previous line manager(s). If this section is not fully completed your application may not be processed.

If your application is successful, the information you give on your application form will be used to create and be retained on your electronic staff record and to provide access to core Trust systems.

Please note that if the post you are applying for requires a DBS check, you will be required to also subscribe to the DBS Update Service, if successful, and thereafter renew your subscription each year. The Trust will reimburse the subscription fee.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK ( .

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK ( . Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a 'Skilled Worker' visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.

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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.

Name Shane Wilkinson Job title Lead Pharmacist – DTV Community Services Email address Additional information