Job summary
This is an exciting new role in the surgery team based at the Royal London Hospital. This is a specialist pharmacy technician role which would entail working primarily with the anaesthetic services across The Royal London. We are looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking pharmacy technician who is an independent thinker and has a proactive approach towards their role. This new role would be part of the hospital's agenda in working towards extending the role of pharmacy technicians within clinical services.
The postholder would hold a leadership role for medicines optimisation and management, pre-operative services, and clinical pharmacy services across the wider Surgery Division, including the surgical wards and the Adult Critical Care Unit, and would have a team of rotational Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians to support them with this. This role would be expected to be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team in the primary areas that they work in and would support in leading the team in the delivery of a high quality clinical, professional, and operational pharmacy service to all areas.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as a Lead Pharmacy Technician in Surgery and Anaesthesia to deliver a patient, safety centred, quality level of care, based primarily at the Royal London Hospital. They will also support with providing a specialist pharmacy service input to theatres, recovery, surgical wards and wider Surgery Division as and when the service needs.
The postholder will need to work on their own initiative and innovatively develop the role. They will work within the peri-operative team alongside working as part of the wider surgical pharmacy team, ensuring that a high standard of services are provided in accordance with relevant professional, ethical, legal and locally agreed policies, procedures, guidelines andstandards.
The postholder will also be expected to promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective use of medicines within peri-operative medicine in order to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety. The post holder will be supporting the senior pharmacists in the surgical pharmacy team in leading a team in the delivery of high quality clinical, professional, operational and technical pharmacy service to this speciality.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience in a hospital pharmacy department
- Experience of managing or supervising a small team of staff
- Able to train staff including providing developmental feedback and implementing training plans to both pharmacy and nonpharmacy professionals
- Using pharmacy labelling, stock control and report creation systems as well as dispensing and accuracy checking accreditation
- Experience of completing audits and completing improvement plans
- Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working across medical or surgical wards to provide a clinical pharmacy service
- Experience of providing a pharmacy service to theatres, anaesthetic and peri-op areas
Desirable
- Management of staff, including experience of conducting disciplinary meetings and chairing meetings
- Leadership experience within a pharmacy service including organising a service on a day-to-day basis
- Experience of implementing change
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward leve
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems o Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
Desirable
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience in a hospital pharmacy department
- Experience of managing or supervising a small team of staff
- Able to train staff including providing developmental feedback and implementing training plans to both pharmacy and nonpharmacy professionals
- Using pharmacy labelling, stock control and report creation systems as well as dispensing and accuracy checking accreditation
- Experience of completing audits and completing improvement plans
- Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
- Extensive experience of working across medical or surgical wards to provide a clinical pharmacy service
- Experience of providing a pharmacy service to theatres, anaesthetic and peri-op areas
Desirable
- Management of staff, including experience of conducting disciplinary meetings and chairing meetings
- Leadership experience within a pharmacy service including organising a service on a day-to-day basis
- Experience of implementing change
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of GPhC revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward leve
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems o Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
Desirable
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
- Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience (must be willing to work towards)
Desirable
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
