Pharmacy Technician - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacy technicians to join the Mersey Care Medicines Management Team.

The Medicines Management service has been restructured and is working under a newly established senior management team which is fully committed to delivering outstanding pharmacy services and invest in the professional development of the pharmacy workforce.


Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is commissioned to provide Medicines management support to community physical health services in Liverpool and Knowsley as well as inpatient physical health, community mental health and inpatient mental health services.

This post is working within the community physical health division in Liverpool.

The Medicines Management Team within Mersey Care is looking for enthusiastic patient focused technicians to join our friendly and experienced team of pharmacists and technicians working within GP practices and care homes in Liverpool.

You will work with our existing, well-established team who will provide management support, training and supervision. We are keen to develop our team with current staff completing clinical diplomas, CPPE - Primary care education pathway and non-medical prescribing when opportunities arise

Shortlisting date is planned for 27th March 2023

Interview date is planned for 3rd April 2023


The post holder will be an experienced Pharmacy Technician working independently to support evidence-based cost effective and safe prescribing of medicines via an agreed workplan in GP practices across a named locality/Primary Care Network (PCN).


The post holder will be accountable to the Senior Project Lead Technician - Primary Care Prescribing Support and the pharmacist team leader for the locality/PCN for the delivery of the medicines management technical work plan across a named community locality/Primary Care Network (PCN).

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to deliver the technical workplan as part of a team working within GP practices with the aim of reducing risks to patients and promoting effective high quality and cost-effective prescribing.

This post is part of the Physical Health pharmacy team and the standard working hours are Monday - Friday, 7.5hours per day.

There is no requirement to cover dispensary work or participate in on-call rotas. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites within Liverpool Place.


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.

Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world's leading organisation in holistic health and well being.


Mersey Care's vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services.

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values.

The core function of this role is to provide services to GP practices in Liverpool Place as follows:

  • Plan and deliver own workload to meet activity levels and deadlines.
  • Undertake a broad range of audits on clinical care, prescribing and repeat prescribing systems in GP practices
  • Support evidencebased, cost effective and safe prescribing of medicines through delivering an agreed workplan
  • Promote medicines safety, including monitoring of highrisk medication & advising clinicians on robust systems to ensure safe prescribing and monitoring is in place
  • Undertake timely medicines reconciliation following transfer between care settings
  • Work within standard operating procedures and Medicines Management protocols for identified projects/audits.
  • Undertake audit and analysis of prescribing activity data to provide assurance for prescribing practices against national/local guidance and safety alerts
  • Educate patients and carers in the use of medication and recommend appropriate support to address nonconcordance.
  • Deliver training to a variety of health and social care professionals on principles of safe and robust repeat prescribing processes, medicines optimisation and record keeping.
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