Are you an ambitious pharmacy technician looking for a new and exciting challenge? This is a rare opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to utilise their management and leadership skills, as they lead and develop dispensary services at The James Cook University Hospital.
The dispensary is a busy, fast paced environment that provides essential dispensing services to the wards, departments, and patients of South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be responsible for the day to day efficient running of the dispensary, the completion of rotas and the supervision and training of staff.
We are looking to appoint a confident and competent technician who can demonstrate effective leadership skills, and who is looking to progress their career to manage the dynamic and friendly dispensary team. The successful candidate will be provided with all the relevant training and support, as well as provided with ample opportunities to allow personal growth, and career progression.
Applying candidates should be a motivated and positive individual who can lead and contribute to outstanding pharmacy services, with excellent customer satisfaction and communication skills, be a strong team player, be flexible to change and have confidence to effectively liaise with other health care professionals in a hospital setting.
Supervise the dispensary staff and ensure the safe and timely supply of medicines is always maintained to the wards and departments of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.
Ensure that operational dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are always maintained and followed and will contribute to the maintenance of the programme.
Undertake accurate labelling and dispensing in accordance with SOPs by interpreting prescription charts and ePMA to facilitate the safe supply of medicines.
Undertake allocated final accuracy checking slots within the dispensary as an ACT and to show continuous competency in checking accurately and safely.
Use the pharmacy computer system to maintain accurate patient records and information regarding supplies the pharmacy department have made.
Ensure dispensary staff complete allocated work to expected standards, which includes stock checks, expiry date checking and appropriate storage of medicines. To ensure that checked items are ready to be delivered as dictated by the transport schedule.
To have a working knowledge and be a superuser of the electronic systems within the dispensary which include the pharmacy/Trust computer system; the pharmacy dispensing robot; Omnicell CD cabinet, prescription tracker, and the ePMA system.
Provide professional advice and information to patients, relatives, carers, medical and nursing staff regarding prescribed medicines and further supplies.
Provide support in implementing developments within dispensing services.
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paul Kirby Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician Email address: Telephone number:
ext. 56598
Helen Jones
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
ext. 52117