Senior Pharmacy Technician - Education and Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Are you an ambitious Pharmacy Technician looking for a new and exciting challenge? This is an excellent opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician, to expand their knowledge and leadership skills, by join our successful education and training team to provide maternity cover for a period of nine months.

In this role, you will actively lead and contribute to the education & training strategies for pharmacy staff alongside the current education & training team. Together, you will be responsible for the supervision and high-quality training and development of Pharmacy Technicians, Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy ATOs and Assistants at South Tees Hospitals.

The role will include delivery of local training programmes developed in-house and the facilitation of nationally recognised pharmacy qualifications, including the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians and Level 2 qualifications for support staff, alongside an approved training provider.

Main duties of the job

To manage the education, training and development programmes for Pharmacy Technicians and pharmacy support staff within the trust

To continually review the training and development needs of Pharmacy Technicians and support staff

Develop relationships with stakeholders, both within the Trust, regionally and nationally, to develop training programmes in line with national requirements

Deliver inspiring mentorship and offer evolving development opportunities to Pharmacy Technicians, PTPTs and support staff

Line management responsibilities

Undertake dispensing and final accuracy checking duties, following department SOPs

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-CD-6889258

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQL3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC
Nationally recognised Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
Formal training in leadership/ supervisory skills
Recognised Medicines optimisation accreditation

Desirable

NVQ assessor A1/ D1 qualification
Educational supervisor training

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification pharmacy experience
Experience in the supervision and training of technical and support staff

Desirable

Current management skills and associated HR duties

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Able to work well independently and as part of a team
Able to plan, prioritise, and organise own workload as well as that of others
Able to work methodically and accurately
Maintains a calm and professional manner at all times
Proficient IT skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

Enthusiastic
Excellent communication skills
Self-motivating and ability to motivate others
Positive, forward-thinking attitude

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQL3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC
Nationally recognised Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
Formal training in leadership/ supervisory skills
Recognised Medicines optimisation accreditation

Desirable

NVQ assessor A1/ D1 qualification
Educational supervisor training

Experience

Essential

Significant post qualification pharmacy experience
Experience in the supervision and training of technical and support staff

Desirable

Current management skills and associated HR duties

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Able to work well independently and as part of a team
Able to plan, prioritise, and organise own workload as well as that of others
Able to work methodically and accurately
Maintains a calm and professional manner at all times
Proficient IT skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

Enthusiastic
Excellent communication skills
Self-motivating and ability to motivate others
Positive, forward-thinking attitude

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.