Job overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting career progression pathway for a motivated and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician to join our innovative community mental health transformation programme, bridging specialist mental health services and Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Your work will focus on maximising safe and effective prescribing, enhancing pharmaceutical care, minimising avoidable admissions, and improving physical health monitoring for those on the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) register.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Pharmacy Technicians, as well as those who are currently registered or due to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council within the next three months. If you are eager to develop your skills and make a meaningful difference, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role include:

Undertake medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from LPFT services and those transferring from other healthcare providers.

Ensure the service provided is patient-centred, safe and supports the cost-effective use of medicines and resources and to participate in developing innovative ways of working to enhance patient-care.

Provide an inpatient ward and community team clinical medicines management service which includes efficient, safe medicines supply and storage.

Develop and participate in basic training and teaching activities relating to medicines management across the Trust to other healthcare professionals, service users and carers where required.

Ensure mental health medication prescribing and monitoring align with local and national guidelines (e.g. HDAT, valproate, lithium, clozapine, depots).

Manage prescription queries, providing advice on mental health drug use and storage and respond to medication queries within competency.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.