Senior Pharmacy Technician
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Full-time
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for the next step to progress your career? Are you interested in a post that has variety and can use and enhance your analytical, organisation and leadership skills to shape continuous learning and improvement in a progressively challenging area of medicines governance and safety.
We have an opportunity for you!
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated technician with wide ranging knowledge and skills of pharmacy processes to join Medicines Governance/Safety/Formulary and Medicines Information Team at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT). You will work closely with pharmacy teams and trust teams to ensure that lessons are learnt, risks are minimised, procedures are developed, and are continually monitored to deliver safe, effective, and timely patient care.
Medicines Safety and Improvement is the teams absolute priority. In joining you would play an important role in delivering our department and organisation safety and governance priorities.
There is a structured training plan to support your development.
Main duties of the job
We are committed to keeping our patients safe when we use medicines and deliver this commitment through medication committees: Pharmacy Governance, Medicine Optimisation, Medication Operational and Medication Safety Committee.
You will work with and support the Medication Safety Officer and be an integral part of the team supporting the pharmacy and medicines governance remit, review medication incidents, undertake risk assessments, conduct audits and develop and implement safe medication practices in developing a Trust wide culture for safe use of medicines.
You will act as a role model for junior staff and assist in education and training initiatives. You will have opportunities to undertake relevant courses to support your continued professional development.
About us
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community Trust serving a population of over 260,000 with over 4,500 staff. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham. We are working successfully with partners across South Yorkshire as part of the Integrated Care Board where we are leading and collaborating in several key work streams and service areas, including workforce development. We combine our patient first approach with innovation and care against a backdrop of system working, as encapsulated in our Trust values
AMBITIOUS - We set high standards for the services we deliver. We aim to be an outstanding Trust and we are enthusiastic about delivering excellent health care for our patients.
CARING - We embrace the importance of giving the highest possible quality of care for our patients. We also care for each other as colleagues and for the community, our resources, our environment and our future.
TOGETHER - We value the importance of working together with patients, carers and families to ensure that we provide high quality patient centred care. We are committed to working with partners and stakeholders across Rotherham, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to develop sustainable services for the population we serve. Getting the right leaders in the Trust is critical to achieving.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, for both our patients and our workforce.
Date posted
17 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9165-24-02-039b
Job locations
The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust
Moorgate Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2UD
Employer details
Employer name
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Rotherham Nhs Foundation Trust
Moorgate Road
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2UD
Employer's website
https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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For questions about the job, contact:
Surinder Ahuja
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