Senior Pharmacy Technician - Upton, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Upton, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Do you enjoy working with people, dealing with a variety of challenges and delivering actual benefits to make a true difference?

Would you like to join an expanding clinical pharmacy team who successfully deliver services within the Primary Care Network (PCN) setting?


Are you keen to develop your career in Primary Care whilst being part of a wider team who support each other, learn together and give each other space to try new ideas and different ways of working to ultimately benefit our patients.

Are you good at problem solving and keen to work with patients to find out what matters to them?

If your answers are yes, then this exciting opportunity is for you

We are looking for a pharmacy technician to join us in Brighter Birkenhead PCN.

You will join an experienced team that includes GPs, Nurses, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers & Physiotherapists to provide clinical pharmacy services to our local population.


You will support the PCN with the delivery of safe and effective systems for medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.


You will contribute to new ways of working and using the skills that your role can bring to evolving PCN services.

You will be responsible for promoting good practice in line with clinical and operational guidelines and will support delivery of specific medicines projects, for example:

  • Compliance reviews and supporting the SMR process
  • Discharge medicines reconciliation
  • High risk drug management


On a day-to-day basis you will spend time within the PCN hub and in GP practices to answer queries from patients, GPs and other services such as care homes.

You will be supported to build strong relationships with community pharmacy and trust pharmacy colleagues.


Ultimately your role will support our patients to help them get the most out of their medicines and to play an active part in their own healthcare decisions.


As part of the WUTH Integrated Pharmacy Service that supports 3 PCNs All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us.

We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department.

We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see the job overview and attached job description for further information about the role.
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