Job OverviewCome and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment! An exciting opportunity has opened for a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) team, part of the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) pathway within Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s Mental Health Services.Based at the Bradgate Unit/out in the community as required, your role will be to maintain a safe, efficient, and professional medicines management service responsive to the needs of its service users, in accordance with current legislation and guidance.The CRHT team at the Bradgate Unit has a multi-disciplinary approach to patient management. Supported by the Lead Pharmacist, you will demonstrate and develop your professional accountability, innovative thinking and contribute to the clear vision for the CRHT team. This role offers a MondayFriday working pattern, with occasional weekend and bank holiday cover on a rotational basis to meet service needs and we’re happy to consider flexible working patterns that align with service needs. We’re committed to your development. You’ll have access to tailored training, ongoing support, and opportunities at our Learning and Development Centre to help you build your skills, meet CPD requirements, and progress in your career.To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a BTEC in Pharmacy Science (or equivalent), Accredited Checking Technician status, strong IT skills, excellent communication, and a proactive, organised approach to your work. You’ll enjoy being part of a team, be eager to learn, and be registered with the GPhC.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths. You’ll be joining an organisation with a genuine team culture built on openness, growth, and truly looking after one another.We also offer:A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days, rising with length of serviceFree onsite parkingAccess to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balanceHealth and Wellbeing SupportVarious Staff Support Networks For an informal chat or further information, please contact Arpan Sekhon, Advanced Pharmacist - Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care, at arpan.sekhon@nhs.net or 07826 556 873.Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)Identify new patients accepted by CRHT team, contact them, GPs and/or other healthcare providers to collate an accurate medication history and documenting this in the patients record. If discrepancies are identified, these should be dealt with or escalated appropriately.Identify potential pharmaceutical issues that may arise during a patient's care, discharge planning and work with multi-disciplinary team to resolve these.Work as part of the MDT and be the point of contact for staff when managing medication needs.Liaise with community pharmacies and GPs regarding CRHT electronic prescription issues.Manage the notification of medication supply issues within CRHT.Escalate complex clinical queries to the pharmacist.We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
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