Pharmacy Technician | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Sittingbourne, ME10 4DT |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6212755/380-SS0500-A |
Summary
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacy technician looking to make a real difference in patient care?
We are seeking a passionate individual to join our established team and provide clinical pharmacy services across Kent and Medway. This innovative role offers the opportunity to develop patient-tailored care in both inpatient and community settings, with a specific focus on supporting patients with severe mental illness (SMI) as part of our exciting community mental health transformation program.
Why you should join us:
• Be at the forefront of delivering patient-centered care.
• Work in a supportive environment that prioritizes medication safety.
• Gain valuable experience in both community and inpatient settings.
• Enjoy a healthy work-life balance.
• Pursue professional development with accredited qualifications and leadership courses.
Who we are looking for:
• A motivated and committed pharmacy technician with a passion for patient care.
• A strong advocate for medication safety.
• Someone with an interest in working with patients with SMI.
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, key aspects of this clinical post will include providing a comprehensive medicine management service to the inpatient and community services. This will include focusing on medicines reconciliation on admission, discharge facilitation, patient counselling, medicines supply and delivering pharmacy services in clozapine and depot clinics in the locality. Extended roles include contributing to the audit and teaching agendas and supporting the coordination and supply of clozapine to community patients, including near patient testing at clozapine monitoring clinics.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Benefits
• Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays
• Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
• Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024
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