Principal Pharmacy Technician for Surgery & Gastrointestinal Medicine

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and ambitious Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, leadership/management, excellent communication skills and a demonstrable commitment to patient care and experience.

You should be a highly organised, supportive and motivated team player with the ability to prioritise appropriately, and manage and deliver medicines optimisation projects.

Most importantly you must uphold and demonstrate the Trust values and have a passion for delivering the best quality care for our patients

Education / Qualification

Essential

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate
• BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician
• A1 workplace assessor award or Practice supervisor certificate
• Train the Trainers/NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 - Optional unit: 12 of equivalent
• Relevant management underpinning knowledge

Desirable

• Leadership course
• Passport to management or another managerial course.
• Previous assessable experience of managing ward pharmacy technician services

Core experience

Essential

• Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills and knowledge and CPD*
• Previous assessable experience of delivering ward pharmacy technician services, including medicines reconciliation
• Post qualification work in a team leader or operational management capacity
• Previous assessable experience of performance management Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency-based training. e.g.-Trainer the Trainers or equivalent / QCF Pharmacy Services Level 3 - optional unit: 12 or equivalent
• Previous assessable experience of contribution to the development of SOPs across a variety of tasks
• Previous evaluated experience of project work
• Previous evaluated experience of audit
• Previous experience of change management

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards
• Demonstrated ability of operational management
• Demonstrated ability to select and recruit staff
• Demonstrated ability to train and assess others
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
• Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in a clear, precise, and appropriate manner
• Recognises the value of other pharmacy team members and works effectively as part of this team.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with patients
• Demonstrated ability to input into the management of change
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency-based training assessment
• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
• Demonstrated ability to manage audits and project work
• Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
• Demonstrated IT skills including: oEmail oWord processing oSpreadsheets oAccurate data entry oUnderstanding of financial instructions as indicated in the job description
• Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, including: oComplex calculations oAddition, subtraction, division, multiplication oPercentages, decimal, fractions, ratio
• Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS
• Mandatory professional CPD as defined by General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Demonstrated ability to write SOP's
• Demonstrated ability to manage performance
• Familiar in using the following computer systems: oMedChart oJAC Pharmacy Computer System oiSOFT EPR oEPIC
• ECDL QCF Pharmacy Services Level 3 - optional unit: 7 or equivalent

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).