Overview
Provide leadership and project management to the promazine de-prescribing project across Greater Manchester. Provide leadership across Community Mental Health Teams with respect to medicines management. Work with the community teams to help deliver the medicines management agenda. Have an active clinical role within both community and in-patient sites when required. Lead the deprescribing project across Greater Manchester, working with primary care, Integrated Care Board (ICB) and hospital trusts.
Contribute to development and implementation of policies and procedures within the department and those impacting across services, e.g. Trust Medicines Management Policy. As lead pharmacy technician, review medicines management practices within community teams and make recommendations to improve practice. Assist in the inspection of facilities at CMHTs and advise on the storage of drugs. Monitor stock lists of drug supplies in accordance with fluctuating client demands in the community. Deputise for the Chief Pharmacy Technician at relevant internal and external meetings with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
* Lead pharmacy technician activities and project management for the promazine de-prescribing project across Greater Manchester, collaborating with primary care, the ICB and hospital trusts.
* Provide leadership across Community Mental Health Teams with respect to medicines management.
* Contribute to development and implementation of policies and procedures within the department and across services.
* Review medicines management practices within community teams and make recommendations to improve practice.
* Assist in inspection of CMHT facilities and advise on storage of drugs.
* Monitor stock lists of drug supplies in line with client demand.
* Deputise for the Chief Pharmacy Technician at internal and external stakeholder meetings.
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Candidate Profile
* Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with excellent communication and stakeholder-engagement abilities.
* Ability to build rapport and positively influence clinical colleagues, including GPs; confident in negotiating, persuading and facilitating behaviour change within primary care teams.
* Willingness to work in collaboration with primary care, ICB, and other trusts; ready to move into a leadership role.
* Full-time Pharmacy Technician; role includes project work around deprescribing and cost saving of drugs used mainly within the mental health sector and medicines management within community mental health teams.
* Confident presenting to multiple professional groups; strong Excel skills.
* Experience in mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services preferred; experience outside the NHS is considered for salary purposes.
About Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust
GMMH Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan, along with a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the northwest of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is a dynamic region with opportunities to learn, develop and contribute to innovative care.
Wherever you go you will experience a warm welcome with colleagues known for their warmth and collaboration. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop, and are encouraged to generate ideas to improve care for service users. The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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