Pharmacy Technician Manchester Case Management (MCM) | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M12 6JH |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6196824/349-LCO-6068459C |
Summary
Pharmacy Technician Manchester Case Management (MCM)
Secondment 12 months (maternity leave cover)
MCM is a service which proactively supports people identified as “at high risk of hospital admission” through clinic appointments, home visits and telephone calls. The service brings together the skills and expertise of GPs, nurses, mental health nurses and practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and wellbeing advisers to provide intensive and flexible support to people who are struggling to stay healthy, safe and well at home.
CMOS is a friendly award-winning team at the forefront of the local integration agenda, developing varied and innovative new projects and ensuring our patients are supported to get the very best from their medicines.
You must have a substantial amount of hospital or primary care experience, be a Pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). You will also need to be able to have access to a car for work purposes.
The Pharmacy Technician is responsible for providing technical input as part of the pharmaceutical support to the Manchester Case Management Service. Domiciliary visits to patients for medicines optimisation interventions is a key feature of this role as well as multidisciplinary team (MDT) working. Other areas include:
Support the delivery of medicines optimisation to the Manchester Case Management Service
Support pharmacists to establish safe working arrangements for medicines in the Community Medicines Optimisation Service
Assist in the development and implementation of pharmaceutical care plans
Liaise with pharmacists, technicians and other health care professionals in secondary and primary care to ensure continuity of care on patient transfer.
Carry out medication reviews with patients in area of clinical competence
Contribute to the discharge planning process
Identify and act on medication errors/queries within area of competence, reporting complex issues to a medicines optimisation pharmacist as appropriate.
Assist in the management of prescribing across primary care
Provide support to other CMOS workstreams as necessary.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024
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