Job summary
Job Title: Dispensary Team Leader
Band: 5
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and forward-thinking registered Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team and lead our dispensary service at the Leicester Royal Infirmary site.
Our pharmacy department is currently undergoing a review of its staffing structure, which includes an expansion and redesign of the team.We are focused on creating more efficientand fulfilling ways of working to improve performance and outcomes.
This includes recruiting an additional band 4 dispensary support role for LRI (Senior Pharmacy Assistant), and a cross-site band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician- Dispensaries. These new roles will support the team leader to manage and improve the pharmacy service.
If you would like to be part of this exciting period of change, we would love to hear from you.
We offer development and progression opportunities for our Pharmacy Technicians. We have made significant changes to expand our technical workforce, which includes increasing our numbers of our more senior roles (band 6 and above). This team leader role will provide exposure to a diverse range of responsibilities and tasks, offering a great development opportunity, to support with career progression.
Reports to: Principal Pharmacy Technician- Operations
Accountable to: Chief Pharmacist
Main duties of the job
Main duties
Your duties will include preparing and implementing the dispensary rota, reviewing annual leave requests, coordinating and prioritising the dispensary workload and staffing to ensure service delivery and turnaround times are maintained.
You will be required to demonstrate well developed organisational and time management skills, be able to influence others, whilst managing and prioritising your own workload.
The successful candidate will lead by example, continually monitor and suggest improvements to systems and procedures, promote quality and good practice and maximise the performance of the pharmacy dispensary team.
With a number of changes going on across the department, such as the introduction of automated unit dose dispensing (Optimed), this is an exciting time to join the UHL pharmacy team.
To be successful in this role you will need to be a registered Pharmacy Technician and have excellent interpersonal skills, with a strong motivation for the role and commitment to delivering high quality pharmaceutical care.
Please contact us for an informal chat or to visit the team and department. We look forward to hearing from you.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Base: You may be required to work in other designated locations of theTrust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.
- To manage and co-ordinate all staff grades working in the designated area(s) including dispensaries and satellites matching staff numbers with workflow.
- To lead regular team meetings with the designated team members to encourage contributions from the team to review and develop the service.
- To produce team task rotas each week, defining daily activity requirements of staff ensuring technical pharmacy services are delivered. Regularly review rotas, making appropriate changes as necessary to maintain smooth workflow through the department or specialised area of service.
- To support the education and training team by participating in assessments as a QCF assessor & support in delivering training sessions to other staff including Pre registration technicians and pharmacy assistants.
- To maintain a clean and tidy dispensary ensuring that all items anddocumentation are stored appropriately in designated places, workbenches/areas and walkways are kept clear and equipment is cleaned as per schedule to achieve professional, Health and Safety requirements and support safe and effective dispensing practice. To conduct risk assessments for the department with the departmental Health and Safety representative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Base: You may be required to work in other designated locations of theTrust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.
- To manage and co-ordinate all staff grades working in the designated area(s) including dispensaries and satellites matching staff numbers with workflow.
- To lead regular team meetings with the designated team members to encourage contributions from the team to review and develop the service.
- To produce team task rotas each week, defining daily activity requirements of staff ensuring technical pharmacy services are delivered. Regularly review rotas, making appropriate changes as necessary to maintain smooth workflow through the department or specialised area of service.
- To support the education and training team by participating in assessments as a QCF assessor & support in delivering training sessions to other staff including Pre registration technicians and pharmacy assistants.
- To maintain a clean and tidy dispensary ensuring that all items anddocumentation are stored appropriately in designated places, workbenches/areas and walkways are kept clear and equipment is cleaned as per schedule to achieve professional, Health and Safety requirements and support safe and effective dispensing practice. To conduct risk assessments for the department with the departmental Health and Safety representative.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Tech
- Accuracy checker
Registration
Essential
- Registered on the GPhC Pharmacy Technician Register
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Supervisory/ Leadership experience
- Management qualification
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Tech
- Accuracy checker
Registration
Essential
- Registered on the GPhC Pharmacy Technician Register
Desirable
- Significant post qualification experience
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Supervisory/ Leadership experience
- Management qualification
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).
