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Job information Lead Pharmacy Technician - Clozapine from the Company Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust, this latest Lead Pharmacy Technician - Clozapine job vacancy is located in the city Norwich located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Lead field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health. Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed. YOUR APPLICATION It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV's alone will not be accepted.

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Job overview

Are you a highly motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic pharmacy technician looking to step into a rewarding role in mental health care? If the answer is yes, we have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly, innovative, and supportive pharmacy team as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician to lead on our clozapine service.

This post is suitable for a GPhC registered pharmacy technician wanting to move sector and from any clinical background. The successful candidate will be based within the dispensary at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich.

The ideal candidate will work closely with our dispensary assistants, pharmacy technicians and clinical pharmacy staff to ensure that supplies of clozapine provided by the pharmacy department are managed safely and efficiently.

You will have a flexible approach to the needs of the service and have a strong team work ethic. You must be well organised and able to prioritise your own work, have good interpersonal skills and be confident working independently. The role is full-time, but part-time will be considered and we support flexible working options.

Main duties of the job

As the Lead Pharmacy Technicians for clozapine, you will:

• Lead on the provision of expert and specialised technical advice on clozapine, clozapine monitoring system related matters to pharmacy, healthcare professionals and prescribers
• Act as lead technician for the provision of expert, specialised advice to service users and carers
• Organise and manage the Trust's clozapine monitoring system, including supplies, data transfer and liaison with health professionals, service users and carers
• Dispense in-patient and out-patient prescriptions
• Carry out the distribution and stock control of medicines
• Visit designated wards and departments and to liaise with medical and nursing staff in relation to the stock control and quality control of medicines
• Liaise with ward staff, Pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, service users and carers.

**Pending job evaluation**

Working for our organisation

NSFT is a forward-thinking hospital offering mental health care in Norfolk and Suffolk. We are one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK with strong links to the School of Pharmacy and Medical School at the nearby University of East Anglia. Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? The Pharmacy Department is at the forefront of healthcare delivery with a strong focus on Medicines Management and Optimisation, and innovative pharmaceutical practice. We have challenges, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the coastline and countryside to Broads National Park. We're up to 2.5 hours away from London and offer excellent rail and air links across the UK and internationally. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, restaurants, shops, and theatres. We also offer top ranking schooling and affordable house price.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registration with GPhC
• Accredited NE Thames (or equivalent) checking Technician (“tech-check”)

Skills

Essential criteria

• Accurate dispensing of prescriptions
• Personal organisational skills, including anticipation of questions and problems
• Able to work as both part of a small team and on own initiative

Experience

Essential criteria

• NHS Pharmacy background
• Minimum 3 years post qualification experience
• Working in a busy dispensary environment

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of active further education, or willingness to undertake

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB) FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it. Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Closed Date : 2024-12-11