Senior Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our successful mental health team at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, working across Lincolnshire.

You will join a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy support workers, and trainee staff members who provide a comprehensive clinical service across the trust, and you will use your experience, skills, and initiative to develop, coordinate and provide a high-quality clinical and operational pharmacy service to inpatient and community patients and their carers. You will also contribute to the pharmacy core service, performing departmental and clinical duties that will impact inpatient sites, clozapine clinics, third party sector, and primary and secondary care.

To apply, you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of this role include:

• To provide and support the delivery of a high quality, clinically focused medicines optimisation service across Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust. (Working across Inpatient, Community & Place Based Teams)
• To ensure the service provided is patient-centred, safe and supports the cost effective use of medicines and resources and to participate in developing innovative ways of working to enhance patient-care.
• To provide an inpatient ward and community team clinical medicines management service which includes efficient, safe medicines supply and storage, the self administration of medication and utilisation of PODs.
• To support the pharmacy team working across the healthcare boundaries in Lincolnshire.
• To develop and participate in basic training and teaching activities relating to medicines management across the Trust to other healthcare professionals, service users and carers where required.
• To help develop, maintain and comply with standard operating procedures within the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today: Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Richard Lewis, Pharmacy Operational Services Manager, via email at [email protected] or by telephone 07770 641600.