Role Overview
Do you have a passion for developing others and supporting high quality patient care? The post holder will have an operational role in the education, training, professional development, management & supervision of staff in the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's medicines management service (the Team), supporting them to develop and maintain competencies and develop their skills & competencies.
Responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the Education & Training Team to support the education & training workplan for the Medicines Management Team (the Team) (administration staff, pharmacy support workers, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists).
Specifically, the post holder will contribute to the education and training of Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs), pharmacy technicians and support staff.
In this new role you will combine your clinical & technical knowledge to support the Education and Training Team to deliver training programmes for a range of our staff and learners. You will support the development of a range of staffing groups including Pharmacy Technicians, Accuracy Checkers, Apprentice L3 Pre-reg Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs), Apprentice L2 Pharmacy Assistants, Foundation Trainee Pharmacist (FTPs), pharmacists and other healthcare professionals as required.
You will be highly motivated and self-directed. You will be contributing to the planning, delivery and evaluation of training. You will provide mentoring and supervision to trainees and staff, supporting the acquisition & maintenance of their competencies in line with our Trust policies and GPhC standards. As the role is new, it will evolve with the Team; initially you will primarily work in both dispensaries (Maghull and Hollins Park) to support the development, delivery & documentation of new training plans.
You will maintain your clinical practice, participating in the dispensary with accuracy checking and dispensing, and with clinical medicines management services across the Trust. You will contribute to 7-day working.
Qualifications
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to join the Medicines Management Team at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. You must have a keen interest in Education and Training and would like to develop your skills.
Benefits
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
About the Trust
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.
Working Hours
To be actively involved in providing a seven-day medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in line with the hours of operation.
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