Pharmacy Specialist

4 weeks ago


Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom NHS Dorset Full time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced pharmacy technician to join our team at NHS Dorset, where you will play a key role in improving health and wellbeing in Dorset through effective medicines optimisation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical workforce in the ICB medicines team, providing senior technical leadership for medicines optimisation implementation.
  • Support pharmacy leadership in effective governance of medicines commissioning hosted in the Dorset Formulary.
  • Oversee systems that support a system-wide approach to medicines commissioning, safety, and value, including high-cost drugs.
  • Provide technical leadership of communication of medicines optimisation to system partners.
  • Hold decision-making discretion, representing the team/department/function at identified groups, providing advice on matters relating to own work area.
  • Build and maintain working relationships and influence across the system with pharmacists and technicians in the medicines team, medicines teams across the system, practice staff and prescribers in the Dorset system, primary care team, contracting teams in the ICB and NHS England, business intelligence and finance teams, IT and communications teams, local medical committee, community pharmacy Dorset, NHSBSA, and other external agencies.

About Us

NHS Dorset is a leading healthcare organisation that is committed to improving health and wellbeing in Dorset. We are part of the Dorset Integrated Care System (ICS), which brings together healthcare and social care services to provide better care for our communities.

What We Offer

  • A dynamic and supportive work environment.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • A competitive salary and benefits package.
  • The chance to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Requirements

  • Registered with the GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Post-registration/graduate diploma level or equivalent in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of knowledge or experience.

Skills and Abilities

  • Communications: demonstrated ability at communicating project updates and outcomes across a wide variety of recipients, both verbal and non-verbal.
  • Demonstrated ability to negotiate to achieve a positive outcome.
  • Education evidence of role in supporting education and development of pharmacy technicians or pharmacy support staff.
  • Digital transformation: demonstrated knowledge of opportunities and potential to improve the digital landscape for medicines optimisation within Dorset.
  • Demonstrated ability for successful development, coordination, and implementation of digital projects across an organisation with multiple stakeholders.
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead on projects to a successful outcome.
  • Demonstrable skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
  • Competent user of Microsoft packages.
  • Demonstrable ability to gather information and use attention to detail to extract key messages from complex data reports.
  • Demonstrable ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • Demonstrable ability to recognise limitations of own knowledge and skills and circumstances in which referral to a pharmacist is necessary.
  • Demonstrable ability to prioritise effectively.
  • Demonstrable ability to use own initiative within sphere of responsibility.

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