Specialist Mental Health Pharmacy Technician (Medicines Management) inChelmsford inChelmsford PUBLISHED
MON 30 DEC 2024
The position requires the technician to contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, as well as provide medicines education to patients, carers, and staff. Successful candidates may also have the opportunity to work additional hours across the pharmacy team and will receive support to develop their skills within the role. Experience in psychiatric settings is advantageous but not mandatory, making it suited for pharmacy technicians from various backgrounds looking to transition into a clinical hospital environment.
Are you a qualified and experienced registered pharmacy technician looking for an exciting new challenge as part of a forward thinking and dynamic pharmacy team?
We are looking for 1 enthusiastic technicians to join the team as a medicines management pharmacy technician to provide support with medicines optimisation for our Adult Mental Health inpatients in Chelmsford. These new and innovative posts would suit ambitious and forward thinking registered pharmacy technicians who would join the Inpatients Mental Health Team as integral members of the Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) Pharmacy Service in providing clinical pharmacy services and enhancing the medicines-related care of patients.
If you are looking for a unique opportunity in a responsible and challenging post, this could be the role for you. You will work independently at times as well as operating closely with specialist pharmacists. The post includes participation in the weekly ACPT, weekend and bank holiday dispensary rota, and there may be opportunity to work additional hours elsewhere within the pharmacy team, as part of our staff bank.
We are seeking self-motivated and adaptable pharmacy technicians with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to take on this exciting new post.
*Previous applicants need not apply
You will provide clinical pharmacy services, enhancing the medicines-related care of patients, supporting the provision and development of medicines management services and participating in training, education, and audit as required. The department provides support to services including adult and older adult, secure and learning disability services at a wide range of locations. You will be based in Chelmsford, but will be required to support either Basildon and Rochford (one post).
Your primary role will be to provide clinical services to a dedicated area, and to develop skills and knowledge to enable you to contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, and provide medicines education to patients, carers and staff. You will be supported by both junior and senior pharmacists and within the team. You should be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a larger team.
You should be currently registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council. We welcome applicants from any background, including community pharmacy, with the passion to manage clinical services in a hospital setting. Experience in psychiatry would be an advantage but is not essential to fulfil this role, as you would be supported to identify and meet your learning needs, for example to undertake further postgraduate training in psychiatric pharmacy.
About us
To provide specialist medicines management support in a specific area of clinical and/or operational practice, to support the medicines-related care of patients, support the provision of medicines management services and to participate in training and education as required.
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