17 Oct
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Chelmsford
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Dispense in-patient, out-patient, and leave/discharge prescriptions and clinical trial materials. Process prescriptions using the pharmacy IT system; select, compile, package and label and record prescription items according to departmental procedure.
- Final check clinically screened prescriptions and orders prepared by other pharmacy staff, before release to the ward or unit.
- Maintain controlled drug register, making entries, checking and reconciling stock as appropriate.
- Assess suitability of pharmaceutical products for return to stock. Return items using the pharmacy IT system, or dispose of according to departmental procedure.
- Assist with order checking, unpacking and storage of stock, ensuring appropriate stock rotation.
- Process ward stock orders using the pharmacy IT system, pick and package orders for delivery.
- Take an active role in the pharmacy team and provide support to less experienced staff.
- Seek advice from senior pharmacy colleagues as appropriate in order to provide advice to clinicians
- Take part in weekend, bank holiday,
early and late working rotas, as required.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation relating to the use of medicines, including the Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Human Medicines Regulations etc.
- Undertake appropriate training at ward level to assist the clinical pharmacy team when required.
- Actively participate in the education and training of new staff members including pre-registration pharmacy technicians.
▶️ Pharmacy Technician, Higher Level Specialist Mental Health
🖊️ Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Chelmsford