Pharmacy Technician Education and Training

Pharmacy Technician Education and Training

Do you have a passion for developing others and supporting high quality patient care?

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.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician who is passionate about developing others and playing a key role in in shaping the future for our pharmacy workforce.

If you would like to discuss your future with us, please contact Carolyn Cogley
, Education and Training Technician on or Caro

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.

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. The post holder will have an operational role in the education, training, professional development, management & supervision of staff in the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trusts medicines management service (the Team), supporting them to develop and maintain competencies and develop their skills & competencies.

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.

For full details of the job please see the attached job description and person specification.

• Excellent organisational skills

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

• Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
• Experience or knowledge of medicines management services within an NHS context
• Portfolio of relevant CPD
• Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
• Experience of providing training, through demonstration and instruction
• Understanding of pharmacy technician and support roles
• Understanding of different learning styles
• Understanding of the working of organisations
• Experience of training different staff groups
• Experience of working as a formal assessor and/or verifier
• Experience of line management
• Experience of carrying out appraisals and setting objectives
• Experience of liaising with staff from external…