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

3 weeks ago

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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 17th May 2023

Interview date is planned for 1st June 2023


The post holder will be an experienced Pharmacy Technician operating independently to support evidence-based cost effective and safe prescribing of medicines delivering prescribing support via an agreed work plan in GP practices.

Work is managed rather than supervised on a day-to-day basis.


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.


To plan and deliver and prioritise own workload to meet activity levels and deadlines for team / service/ GP practice.

To work flexibly to accommodate altered priorities within the service work plan.

To deliver clinical work to a high level of accuracy, employing a self-checking approach.

To support evidence-based cost effective and safe prescribing of medicines through delivering an agreed work plan.

To work with the pharmacist & practice staff to agree a GP Practice plan.

To work within standard operating procedures and Medicines Management Protocols for identified projects / audits.


To undertake audit and analysis of prescribing activity data to provide assurance for prescribing practices against national / local guidance, safety alerts etc.


To provide advice to GPs in relation to patients covered by projects/audits within the work plan and communicate any changes in medication to patients/carers (verbally or by post).

To plan and implement practice level medicines management change programs within named practice/locality.


To monitor the use of hospital only, specials or other identified drug groups within practices and make recommendations in line with service approach.

To be responsible for maintaining numerous information systems including for example EMIS, SCR, RiO and Prescription tracker.

To work within GP practice or medicines management bas where there will be frequent interruptions for medicines related advice.


There is a frequent need for high levels of concentration in order to ensure patient safety and a high level of accuracy on a daily basis.


To work with GP Practices to identify and implement changes in repeat prescribing systems to improve quality & safety and decrease waste.

This involves supporting practices to update their repeat prescribing policies, training teams of practice staff when necessary, on principles of safe
repeat prescribing processes, medicines optimisation and efficient use of electronic prescribing.

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