Job summary
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is launching a brand-new pharmacy supply and dispensing service to support our mental health and learning disability wards and community teams. At the heart of this transformation is a new dedicated Pharmacy Hub at our Swandean site in Worthing and we're looking for an exceptional pharmacy technician to lead it.
This is a rare opportunity to shape a service from the ground up: designing how it works, building the team, setting the standards, and embedding a culture of safety, learning, quality and continuous improvement from day one.
You'll be joining an award-winning pharmacy team that values innovation, collaboration and professional development. You will play a pivotal role in improving access to medicines, strengthening supply resilience, and enhancing the experience of patients and clinical teams across the Trust.
If you're a strategic, motivated pharmacy technician leader who wants to leave a real legacy, this role offers the scope, influence and challenge to do exactly that.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior operational leadership for the day-to-day running of the new Pharmacy Hub at Swandean
- Lead, inspire and develop the pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant workforce, including training, education and professional development
- Take overall responsibility for Pharmacy Hub operations, ensuring a safe, efficient and patient-centred supply service
- Ensure the timely and secure supply of medicines to wards and community teams
- Embed strong medicines governance, risk management and patient safety systems from the outset
- Build and manage robust operational systems, workflows and performance oversight
- Coordinate workloads, resources and priorities to deliver a resilient, responsive service
- Ensure compliance with medicines legislation, professional standards and Trust procedures
- Act as a senior technical and operational expert within the service
- Support medicines procurement and contribute to managing and mitigating supply disruptions
- Work closely with clinical and corporate colleagues as a trusted professional partner
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation and service development within the hub model
About us
Why Join Sussex Partnership?
- As a mental health trust SPFT places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- Competitive NHS benefits package (27 days' annual leave + bank holidays, NHS pension).
- Access to wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness, and staff networks.
- Work in a Trust that values innovation, diversity, and inclusivity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To plan, manage, develop and lead the provision of medicines supply across the Trust.To act as the delegated authority by the Chief Pharmacist to implement safe, legal and efficient processes of medicines supply from The Pharmacy Hub.To lead and develop the roles and responsibilities of the Trust pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant workforce. To enhance professional practice, education and service developments using an evidence-based approach.To use specialist expert knowledge to interpret regional and national policy pertinent to the professional role of the pharmacy technician to support accurate workforce planning and development of services.To manage the provision of all pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant training and professional development.To lead on all policy and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) pertaining to leading The Pharmacy Hub; supporting pharmacists, other pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants in ensuring regulatory compliance with medicines regulations; providing essential support to other healthcare professionals and patients of the Trust.See attached job description for more details on this role and requirements
Job description
Job responsibilities
To plan, manage, develop and lead the provision of medicines supply across the Trust.To act as the delegated authority by the Chief Pharmacist to implement safe, legal and efficient processes of medicines supply from The Pharmacy Hub.To lead and develop the roles and responsibilities of the Trust pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant workforce. To enhance professional practice, education and service developments using an evidence-based approach.To use specialist expert knowledge to interpret regional and national policy pertinent to the professional role of the pharmacy technician to support accurate workforce planning and development of services.To manage the provision of all pharmacy technician and pharmacy assistant training and professional development.To lead on all policy and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) pertaining to leading The Pharmacy Hub; supporting pharmacists, other pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants in ensuring regulatory compliance with medicines regulations; providing essential support to other healthcare professionals and patients of the Trust.See attached job description for more details on this role and requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent as recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council with GPhC (with no restrictions).
- To have successfully completed the NHS England (NHSE) South East (South Coast) Medicines Management Education and Developments, Medicines Management Accreditation Scheme or equivalent.
- Completed or willing to undertake the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) course
- To have successfully completed the NVQ A1 assessor portfolio and be eligible to assess candidates undertaking both NVQ Level II and NVQ Level III in Pharmacy Services
- Practice Supervisor and Educational Supervisor training or equivalent as recognised by NHSE
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a hospital or mental health pharmacy setting.
- To have a reasonable level of project management experience to articulate and develop robust project plans.
- Experience of working with different healthcare professions and managers across the wider healthcare economy
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Experience of managing and leading workforce and teams
- Experience of policy/guideline writing and development.
- Experience of writing and delivering training
- Leadership experience - inspiring and developing pharmacy professionals and introducing change and innovation.
- Experience of tutoring or supervising trainees and newly qualified staff
- Experience of manipulating, analysing and reporting data
- Experience of strategic planning/service development.
- Knowledge and awareness of regulation, legislation and governance relevant to medicines optimisation.
- IT competency in standard Microsoft Office packages (or equivalent) and able to quickly understand and use other IT systems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent as recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council with GPhC (with no restrictions).
- To have successfully completed the NHS England (NHSE) South East (South Coast) Medicines Management Education and Developments, Medicines Management Accreditation Scheme or equivalent.
- Completed or willing to undertake the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) course
- To have successfully completed the NVQ A1 assessor portfolio and be eligible to assess candidates undertaking both NVQ Level II and NVQ Level III in Pharmacy Services
- Practice Supervisor and Educational Supervisor training or equivalent as recognised by NHSE
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a hospital or mental health pharmacy setting.
- To have a reasonable level of project management experience to articulate and develop robust project plans.
- Experience of working with different healthcare professions and managers across the wider healthcare economy
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the key stakeholders the post is likely to be supporting and how they will be expected to support them.
- Experience of managing and leading workforce and teams
- Experience of policy/guideline writing and development.
- Experience of writing and delivering training
- Leadership experience - inspiring and developing pharmacy professionals and introducing change and innovation.
- Experience of tutoring or supervising trainees and newly qualified staff
- Experience of manipulating, analysing and reporting data
- Experience of strategic planning/service development.
- Knowledge and awareness of regulation, legislation and governance relevant to medicines optimisation.
- IT competency in standard Microsoft Office packages (or equivalent) and able to quickly understand and use other IT systems
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).
