Specialist Pharmacist Technician CCA
The closing date is 19 May 2026
We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Critical Care Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team.
In this pivotal role, you will work closely with the Lead Critical Care Pharmacists to deliver high quality, patient centred care. You will support safe and efficient medication management for critically ill patients and play an essential part in the ongoing expansion of our Critical Care pharmacy service.
You will take on leadership responsibilities through line management of junior staff, contribute to clinical audits, and actively participate in service development initiatives. Your expertise will also help shape training and education for colleagues, while your collaboration with multidisciplinary teams will drive improvements in pharmacy workflows and patient outcomes.
The ideal candidate will bring strong communication skills, a passion for patient care, and the confidence to thrive in a fast paced, high acuity environment.
Main duties of the job
* Medicines management such as updating stock lists, fridge temperature monitoring (including resolving temperature excursions), controlled drug and general stock management, new product risk assessments and drug shortages
* Assisting with clinical audits and research to drive innovation
* Attending or deputising for the lead pharmacist(s) in Critical Care/pharmacy meetings when necessary
* Deliver training and education to nurses around medicines management, including pharmacy workflow processes e.g. prescription tracking system
* Participate in dispensary duties such as dispensing and accuracy checking during weekday, late night and weekend services
* Line management responsibilities, including appraisal, and support for ongoing development
* Support with the development of a step-down service, helping to ensure medicines safety and optimisation on transfer from critical care to the wards
* Contributing to the investigation of, and handling medicines-related incidents using the DATIX system
* Design, implement and lead a medicines safety focus group on critical care; involving nursing colleagues to analyse medicines incidents, identify trends, prioritise areas for staff education to implement best practice
* Clinical MDT attendance and participation e.g. facilitating drug supply
* Collect, monitor and report on KPI including analysis of drug expenditure reports to support cost-effective medicines management
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission – a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour.
Qualifications
* Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures equivalent to degree level acquired through training and experience.
* NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Experience
* Specialist knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures and workflows
* Experience of leading a team
* Experience of embedding new ways or working within teams
* Experiences of training and supervising staff
Additional Criteria
* As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
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.
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr