Deputy Lead Technician – Dispensary Services

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 January 2025

Job summary

Deputy Lead Technician - Dispensary Services

Exciting opportunities have arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Pharmacy Technician with vision and excellent organisational and management skills to provide professional and managerial leadership to our dispensary services.

In addition to strong communication and leadership abilities, you should be a registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have current experience working within operational/technical services as a senior technician. Evidence of multi-disciplinary teamwork and project management is beneficial, as is experience in change management, strategic service development, and team management.

Main duties of the job

To support the Lead Technician for Dispensary in managing the Dispensary Service

To support recruitment, training and the development of systems for service provision in line with departmental and Trust strategic objectives and responsive to patient experience.
To be responsible for all aspects of the operational management of the dispensary service in absence of the Lead Technician for dispensary including the development of systems for service provision in line with departmental and Trust strategic objectives and responsive to patient experience.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high-quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Date posted

18 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6876849NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, please refer to the Job Description attacchad.

This job description gives a general outline of the post and is not intended to be inflexible or a final list of duties. It may therefore be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder in light of the changing needs of the organisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, please refer to the Job Description attacchad.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent
Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
Accredited Accuracy Checking

Desirable

Management or supervisory training qualification (practice supervisor or train the trainer or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of a Dispensary Service
Experience of supervising staff
Experience in dealing with complex situations and investigations
Experience of writing procedures

Desirable

Experience of training/mentoring staff
Experience of implementing changes to a service

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent
Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
Accredited Accuracy Checking

Desirable

Management or supervisory training qualification (practice supervisor or train the trainer or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of a Dispensary Service
Experience of supervising staff
Experience in dealing with complex situations and investigations
Experience of writing procedures

Desirable

Experience of training/mentoring staff
Experience of implementing changes to a service

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.