Lead Clozapine Technician
Closing date: 24 April 2026
Are you willing and able to join our award‑winning clozapine services team? If so, can you continue the high standards of care and develop the service even further? If yes, we are looking to recruit to this service lead position for the Trust and would encourage applications to this exciting and pivotal role.
For an informal chat about the role contact either Richard Lewis, Operational Manager 07770 641600 or Kerry Evans, lead CMHT technician 01522 421568.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the pharmacy provision of the trust‑wide clozapine services.
- Work collaboratively with the lead clozapine nurse to ensure a holistic wrap‑around care service for all clozapine patients.
- Provide relevant and appropriate information and advice for patients and staff considering clozapine, about the drug and the implications for its use.
- Manage the overall entry of patients into the clozapine monitoring service, including attendance and input into any multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) meeting to advise on initiation processes for clozapine.
- Be part of any community titration MDT advising on the processes and highlighting the roles and responsibilities of other professionals within that initiation period.
- Support the appropriate increased uptake of clozapine use across the trust.
- Ensure registration for each patient with the clozapine monitoring service. This involves organising the initial blood test, arranging or overseeing the clozapine titration on the ward or as an out‑patient, and advising staff involved in the care of the patient.
About us
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 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.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Benefits
- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
- BTEC or NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical Science or Equivalent
- Member of APTUK
Experience
- Post qualification experience in hospital services
- Mental health hospital experience
- Previous experience of working with clozapine patients, operationally and clinically
- Motivational interviewing skills
Skills
- Keyboard skills, computer literate
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Change agent and supportive approach to change
- Ability to organise own workload
- Experience of multi‑disciplinary team working
- Ability to communicate with other healthcare professionalsAbility to work on own and with others
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates empathy towards service users and work colleagues
- Self‑confident and motivated
- Keen to undertake self development
- Professional manner and appearance
- Knowledge of current government policy concerning provision of Mental Health Care
- Good presentation and training skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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