Job vacancy: Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington

Job summary

Main area

Pharmacy

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time
Job share
Flexible working
Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 8.30am to 5pm (1hr lunch) plus participation in a weekend and bank holiday rota (9.30am to 1.30pm) the rota is a 1 in 8-12 weekend rota dependent on staffing numbers)

Job ref

350-TWS7401464

Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Warrington/Rathbone/Maghull Health Park
Town: Warrington
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/08/2025 23:59
Interview date: 02/09/2025

Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services

Band 5

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Performing medicines reconciliation, including assessing patient own drugs.
Developing and co-ordinating medication supply systems to meet the needs of patients.
Participating in the safe systems for the supply of medication to wards and community-based teams.
Performing final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions.
Supporting the supply of discharge and short-term leave medication at ward level.
Providing information to service users and their carers (where appropriate) about their medications in conjunction with the pharmacists.
Delivering training to a variety of Health Care Professionals.
Completing audits and reports for example Controlled drug audits, safe and secure storage of medication audits etc.
Education and training of junior technical and ward staff.

A current and valid BTEC accuracy checking qualification is required. The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our weekend and bank holiday rotas.

For full information regarding required qualifications and experience please refer to the job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent qualification with underpinning knowledge
Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician

Desirable criteria

Willingness to work towards BTEC/ NVQ Level 4 Clinical Diploma
NVQ A1 workplace assessor (or willingness to work towards)
Relevant medicines management qualification, or willingness to work towards or equivalent experience

Knowledge / Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to train others
Proven relevant pharmacy experience
Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
Demonstrable experience of dispensing and accuracy checking medication
Experience of using electronic medicines management systems, including oversight of stock levels
Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance
Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self-development and CPD

Desirable criteria

Demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
Experience of working on wards
Experience of working within an NHS organisation
Experience of supervising staff within a technical area or pharmacy services
Knowledge of mental health
Knowledge of mental health medications
Experience in mental health

Values

Essential criteria

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

Skills

Essential criteria

Team player but with the ability to work alone
Drive and enthusiasm
Self-motivated
Excellent verbal
Communication Customer care and near patient contact skills
Basic IT skills

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Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

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Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring Level

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Lisa Bailey

Job title

Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07386 657 485

Additional information

Kimberley Roughsedge

Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager - Mental Health Services

Kimberley.Roughsedge@merseycare.nhs.uk

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Job summary

Employer heading

Higher Level Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services

Band 5

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge / Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Values

Essential criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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