Higher Level Pharmacy Technician Dispensary | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L31 1HW |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7256374/350-TWS7256374 |
Summary
This post is fixed term for 9 months.
For full information regarding responsibilities, required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.
The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our seven day medicines supply service in line with the hours of operation.
Will participate in the medicines management 7-day supply service. The post holder will focus on delivering quality care to service users through the implementation of an efficient medicines management system, and in delivering the medicines optimisation strategy. The post holder will provide a service with a particular emphasis on the technical aspects of medicines management including dispensing, final accuracy checking, issuing and stock control of medicines, as well as medicines safety, supply and audit work. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in line with the hours of operation.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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 and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
1.To accurately and efficiently supply medication within Mersey Care’s frameworks.
2.To dispense and/or final accuracy check medicines, including high risk medicines, including cytotoxic medicines, clinical trial medicines, controlled drugs and unlicensed medicines, in accordance with departmental, regional and national standard operating procedures.
3.To support monitoring the use of controlled drugs and highlight any concerns to the CDAO.
4.To ensure that medication is dispensed, and final accuracy checked to meet agreed delivery times, and to minimise waiting times.
5.Where appropriate, to prioritise prescriptions in line with departmental procedures, ensuring that ward/clinic staff are informed of any delay.
6.To dispense and/or final accuracy check compliance aids, including blister packs, in line with departmental procedures.
7.To provide technical information relating to medicines management services to doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
8.To provide advice to service users and/or carers about medicines in an understandable and sympathetic manner.
9.To liaise with relevant staff with regard to prescription interventions, e.g., missing details or unclear prescriptions or medication out of stock.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Jun 2025