Senior Pharmacy Technician
2 weeks ago
Job summary
Responsible for delivering, managing and developing management of medicines within Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.
Lead on the development of a culture of continuous learning and quality improvement, working closely to advise and guide service managers.
To support Community Nursing with visiting patients, reviewing medicines and errors and specialist support to the Division.
No Weekends
Outstanding CQC rating
Forefront of innovation
New ways of working with a growing Pharmacy team
Main duties of the job
1. To ensure that medicines related stock processes are undertaken in line with Trust policies and current medicines legislation. Ensuring medicines are regularly reviewed with operational staff and specialist pharmacy services.
2. Joint responsibility, along with all other medicines management staff, pharmacists and ward technicians, for the safety and security of all medicines including controlled drugs.
3. Participate with other staff, including pharmacists, in ensuring the appropriate / effective use of medicines for patients within all operational services; ensuring medicines related problems are dealt with promptly and by an appropriate person.
4. Participate in the medicines related training of clinical based staff, communicating medicines management and technical information to services and individual staff members.
5. Supervise stock management processes within clinical services and advise on practice and process. Ensure that prescribing and supply is undertaken to reflect the contents of the Lincolnshire Joint formulary, challenging where appropriate. To collect data from various sources to provide reports from NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) and services and finance teams to monitor activity in conjunction with guidelines and formularies and present to Drug and Therapeuticscommittee.
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities as per attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC. Educated to diploma level 3 or equivalent in a relevant medicines related subject or equivalent qualification or significant equivalent proven experience (degree level). NVQ 3 in Business Administration or equivalent experience
Desirable
Evidence of project management Experience in the leadership of staff / teams Experience in senior role Experience of working in medicine-related services community pharmacy, hospital dispensary or medicines management service. Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of medicines and Controlled Drug regulations. Experience of collecting, manipulating and presenting data in appropriate format using Microsoft Office Word and Excel
Skills
Essential
Provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups. Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues. Good communication skills Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team. Accuracy and attention to detail. Excellent organisational skills. The ability to independently problem solve in own work area and adapt and develop alternative processes.
Desirable
Evidence of continuous professional development. Report writing skills Experience of working with various levels of healthcare professional
Knowledge
Essential
Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge Knowledge of all administrative processes related to the provision of the medicines management service. Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act
Desirable
Knowledge of the audit process
Experience
Essential
Evidence of project management Experience in the leadership of staff / teams Experience in senior role Experience of working in medicine-related services community pharmacy, hospital dispensary or medicines management service. Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of medicines and Controlled Drug regulations. Experience of collecting, manipulating and presenting data in appropriate format using Microsoft Office Word and Excel
Desirable
Experience of SystmOne clinical IT systems. Experience of working with ePACT data and the system.
attributes
Essential
Excellent knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the management of medicines within a variety of settings Experience of implementing change in clinical practice or service delivery to improve the quality of patient care. Good negotiating and influencing skills
Desirable
Experience of cost improvement Experience of further development of team roles in the pharmacy team. Effective project management skills with demonstrable ability to meet key targets and deadlines
Personal qualities
Essential
Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive, facilitative manner to bring about the required results Ability to motivate and enthuse staff reporting to the post holder and also other groups the post holder works with Ability to lead by example to ensure the team maintains the highest possible professional and ethical standards Ability to travel to different destinations for meeting requirements Work flexible hours as required.
Desirable
Demonstration of the following: o Innovative thinking o Decisive nature o High level self-motivation and resilience o Ambition and drive Supporting and empathetic to service and operational imperatives-
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