pharmacy technician Liverpool, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Medicines Management Service in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The Board has recently invested significantly in the team’s expansion to reconfigure the way we deliver our service. We would like you to join the team and be part of delivering the next stage of our exciting journey.
The Medicines Management Team is a well-established team of pharmacists, technicians, and support staff with a track record in delivering outcomes. The service underpins medicines safety & evidence-based practice within the Trust by supporting physical health, mental health, & community-based services across a large geographical footprint.
We are looking for a Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Replenishment & Clinical Support Services Team Leader who is a strong and inspiring leader to work within the service. The post holder will be actively involved in leading and managing a comprehensive medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust services in both acute and community-based settings across the Mersey Care footprint.
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination and management of Medicines Replenishment & Clinical Support service delivery in line with the hours of operation. This involves optimising use of resources (both staff and materials) and monitoring activity. The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and direct line management responsibility of staff.
Applicants should possess the following skills/qualifications:
- BTEC / NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical science, or Level 3 NVQ in pharmacy service skills, or equivalent qualification
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- BTEC / NVQ Level 4 in dispensing accuracy checking or equivalent (or willingness to work towards)
- Management experience within pharmaceutical services
- Experience of supervising/managing staff
- Knowledge & experience of pharmaceutical technical procedures & legislation within the specialist area of replenishment
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of staff, budget, and resource management
- Experience in change management
- Experience of working in a pharmacy
- Ability to multitask and change from one job to another frequently, working both independently and as part of a team
- Understanding of business planning and report/proposal writing
- Excellent organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Negotiating and influencing skills
- Decision making skills
- Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and listening
- Good problem-solving skills
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines
- You will be required to travel across the Mersey Care footprint
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 inpatient services cover a wide geographical area across a large proportion of the North-West providing specialist care including Secure Services located in Maghull health park, Whalley, Hollins Park and Rathbone site, Non-Secure Services located in Broadoak, Clock View, Hartley Hospital, Knowsley and Peasley, Hollins Park, Windsor House, Fern ward, Heys Court, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Hope Centre and Longmoor intermediate care reablement unit.
Our inpatient services cover a wide geographical area across a large proportion of the Northwest providing specialist care including Secure Services located in Maghull health park, Clitheroe, Warrington and Liverpool; all other services are located across Southport, Sefton, north, central & south Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens, Halton and Warrington.
The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas. Weekend/Bank Holiday opening hours are 09:30am-13:00pm and the rota is approximately 1 in 8–12-week rota depending on staffing numbers.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Clare Durbin on 0151 250 6061
