Job Description

Are you a skilled and registered Pharmacy Technician with proven post-registration experience of ward-based medicines management? Are you ready to take the next steps in your career and elevate your technical and clinical knowledge across a range of services? Why not consider mental health?
If you are forward thinking, enthusiastic and self-motivated and want to be part of a positive change, come and join our dynamic, innovative, and person-centred team delivering outstanding clinical pharmacy services.
Our offer includes:
Specialist services: we provide a pharmacy service across and Secure and Acute mental health services.
Professional growth; support continuous learning and career development through our education and training department.
Our supportive environment: The friendly and multiskilled team are here ready to support you on your journeyin a rewarding role.
As a department we are embracing the Trust's ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives to support this.
Please feel free to get in touch to organise a visit to our department, or for any questions you may have.
At the heart of everything we do are our values (continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm, support). If you share these and you're ready to make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Main duties of the job
We have exciting opportunities for experienced Registered Pharmacy Technicians to join our Medicines Management clinical team. Our team covers sites across Secure and Acute services. We have a number of opportunities across our services. Flexibility in working rotas and travel will be required to support the needs of the service.
You will have the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting patient care and assisting with medicines reconciliations and timely discharge processes for patients with complex mental illnesses and learning disabilities. You will assist nursing staff with medicines management processes, completing audits and providing training and education. You will work autonomously and within a thriving and well-developed team to promote and provide a safe, efficient, and cost-effective pharmaceutical service. To maintain Technicians' competencies and to continue to develop your skills, there is a requirement to provide some support to our dispensary services on a rota basis.
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
17 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
31,049 to 37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
350-TWS7463492-A
Job locations
Liverpool (Various sites)
Liverpool
L31 1HW
Job description
Job 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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Eileen Ormrod
Job Title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager Inpatient Mental Health Services
Email: Eileen.Ormrod@merseycare.nhs.uk
Number: 07387064523
Kimberly Roughsedge
Job title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager Secure Services
Email: Kimberley.Roughsedge@merseycare.nhs.uk
Phone number: 07721 483251 Job description
Job 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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Eileen Ormrod
Job Title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager Inpatient Mental Health Services
Email: Eileen.Ormrod@merseycare.nhs.uk
Number: 07387064523
Kimberly Roughsedge
Job title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Manager Secure Services
Email: Kimberley.Roughsedge@merseycare.nhs.uk
Phone number: 07721 483251
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Skills Required