At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overview
Are you a skilled pharmacy technician with a passion for patient care and a drive for continuous improvement? This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy and professional team, where your expertise will make a real difference.
We're looking for a proactive and experienced pharmacy technician who thrives in ward-based settings,and is committed to enhancing patient outcomes to join our team in this management position. You'll bring:
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Proven experience in hospital pharmacy, particularly in ward-based medicines optimisation
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• A passion for improvement science and service development
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to professional growth
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As a senior pharmacy technician in medicines management, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered pharmaceutical care across our wards. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use, support discharge planning, and contribute to service development through improvement science. You should thrive working outside of the department, creating strong working relationships with other healthcare professionals.
The post-holder will also be responsible for the line management of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants. This will involve the rostering of staff, alongside day to day support and supervision.
Medicines management activity is across all the hospital sites.
Please note this post is for 36 hours per week, and the successful candidate will be required to work on weekends, late nights and bank holidays as part of the technical team rotas.
Working for our organisation
The successful candidate will be supported to develop themselves as well as the service they are responsible for, in a friendly and forward thinking organisation.
If you want to make a difference, are passionate about patient care, then there has never been a better time to join our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties.
Lead a team of Pharmacy Technicians and support staff to ensure timely supplies of critical medicines, review of inpatients, medicines reconciliations, interventions, review and re-use of patient's own medicines and supply of discharge medications. Ensure medicines storage areas are compliant with medicines management standards. React to the changing needs of the Trust and departmental resource, supporting clinical flow and patient safety.
MAIN DUTIES
o Responsible for the day-to-day management of pharmacy medicines management services at ward-level across all sites.
o Work closely with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist to help best manage the pharmacy provision to clinical areas.
o Provide ward based clinical medicines management duties at ward level, carrying out screening of patients on admission, medicines supply, discharge planning, patient counselling and ward-based medicines management duties.
o Act as a role model to the technical workforce, providing a consistently high level of line management and strategic awareness, supporting the Pharmacy Management Board as a completer/finisher for the pharmacy directorate agenda.
o Be responsible for the provision of staff, making sound and fair decisions. Support the technical team to handle emotionally challenging situations and ensuring the best outcome for patients are at the centre of all decisions made. Be able to make sound critical decisions based on data, evidence, and risk management.
o Be the leader of a team, making decisions autonomously, and escalating to the Lead Pharmacy Technician and or Senior Clinical Pharmacists when necessary.
o Deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician when required. Provide support for other Senior Pharmacy Technicians covering leave and absence.
Dear Potential Applicant,
It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
* Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
* This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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* Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.
This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.
We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
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