Overview
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At Lakeside Mental Health Unit, the Health Based Place of Safety (HBPOS) has been substantially redesigned and improved. The in-patient wards, Crisis Team, Clozapine Clinic and community-based teams are caring for increasing numbers of Service Users with needs of increasing complexity. We are planning a Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) and therefore recruit two Specialist Pharmacy Technicians to develop highest quality medicines management to the benefit of the Service Users. The successful candidates will work with the pharmacists based at Lakeside Mental Health Unit, the wider pharmacy team and the wider multidisciplinary teams to develop and innovate the role of Pharmacy Technician in acute Mental Health wards and specialist Mental Health services and teams; they will be involved in the wider clinical governance agenda.
The successful candidates will be highly motivated with good communication skills and a keen interest in mental health who derives satisfaction from developing both the service and pharmacy colleagues. The applicant should be able to work well both in a team and autonomously.
The candidates will work to promote and develop optimal medicines management processes within LMHU, share learning across the Trust to support excellence in medicines management Trust-wide, and provide training and development on medicines management in mental health to junior and trainee staff. The candidate will act as an educational supervisor to trainee staff as necessary and appropriate. Where necessary, the candidate may be asked to cover colleagues’ leaves of absence.
West London NHS Trust is diverse and provides a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust leads the NW London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board and the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative. The Candidate Pack provides an overview of key tasks and responsibilities; the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Health Care Provider
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