Job summary
To strategically and operationally manage the education, training, and development of all technical and support staff within the department.
To establish and monitor a comprehensive training infrastructure for technical staff and support workers across the department.
To strategically and operationally manage the technical and support staff involved in the provision of the Trust's medicines management service, ensuring a robust service is in place.
Main duties of the job
To promote and develop a culture of continuous learning and development within the pharmacy team, ensuring training quality through regular reviews and feedback.
To maintain and strengthen links with educational providers to support ongoing development
To collaborate and support the development of nurse medicines management technicians (NMMTs), where required
To be responsible for the recruitment and selection of pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians (PTPTs) and assist in the recruitment of pharmacy support worker apprentices alongside service leads.
To serve as the Educational Programme Director (EPD), overseeing the management and delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship (and / or non-apprenticeship) training programmes. To act as an educational supervisor where appropriate.
To ensure the provision of a comprehensive Pharmacy service that complies with relevant legislation, good practices, and standard operating procedures.
To work closely with the trust's apprenticeship lead to manage and support apprenticeships within pharmacy at NMUH.
To represent pharmacy at internal and external educational governance and development meetings to ensure alignment with regional and national educational standards.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description (JD) / Person Specification (PS) for further details about this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description (JD) / Person Specification (PS) for further details about this position.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Pharmacy services level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent)
- Accredited to perform final accuracy check on previously screened prescriptions and to dispense accurately to set standards
- Medicines Optimisation Program qualification or equivalent
- Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- NHS Leadership underpinning knowledge e.g. CPPE Leading for Change, Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole or equivalent
- Project management qualification e.g PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent
- NVQ Assessor Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills to convey complex and potentially sensitive information
- Effective time management and organisational skills with flexibility to rapidly changing service demands
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex and sensitive problems
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and ability to negotiate and deal with complaints in the first instance
- Ability to influence and engage all grades of staff
- Excellent IT skills including all MS packages
- Ability to contribute to the strategic development of the pharmacy service
Desirable
- Project management skills
- Risk assessment and risk management skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous experience innovating and implementing a technician lead training programme.
- Previous experience of creating and/or implementing rotational objectives
- Previous experience line-managing direct reports including appraisal and probation
- Previous evaluated experience of contribution to the development and final authorisation of SOPs or medicines policies across a variety of tasks as indicated in the job description
- Previous experience of working with HEE / NHSE and Higher Education Institutes.
- Previous experience managing HR processes i.e. sickness management, recruitment and selection
- Previous evaluated experience of planning, organising and delivering induction and competency-based training
Desirable
- Experience implementing and monitoring quality standards
- Experience with HEE / NHS E annual reports and quality visits
- Experience with staff performance management and disciplinary including HEE / NHS E TRAS
- Experience with managing apprentice schemes
- Previous experience collecting, analysing and presenting data for quality improvement projects and governance reports
- Experience of change management, influencing change and quality improvement project work
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership qualities
- High level of self-motivation, commitment and dedication to the role
- High level of professional judgement and integrity
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other
Essential
- Able to work weekends and late duties on a rota basis
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Pharmacy services level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent)
- Accredited to perform final accuracy check on previously screened prescriptions and to dispense accurately to set standards
- Medicines Optimisation Program qualification or equivalent
- Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- NHS Leadership underpinning knowledge e.g. CPPE Leading for Change, Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole or equivalent
- Project management qualification e.g PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent
- NVQ Assessor Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills to convey complex and potentially sensitive information
- Effective time management and organisational skills with flexibility to rapidly changing service demands
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex and sensitive problems
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and ability to negotiate and deal with complaints in the first instance
- Ability to influence and engage all grades of staff
- Excellent IT skills including all MS packages
- Ability to contribute to the strategic development of the pharmacy service
Desirable
- Project management skills
- Risk assessment and risk management skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant previous experience innovating and implementing a technician lead training programme.
- Previous experience of creating and/or implementing rotational objectives
- Previous experience line-managing direct reports including appraisal and probation
- Previous evaluated experience of contribution to the development and final authorisation of SOPs or medicines policies across a variety of tasks as indicated in the job description
- Previous experience of working with HEE / NHSE and Higher Education Institutes.
- Previous experience managing HR processes i.e. sickness management, recruitment and selection
- Previous evaluated experience of planning, organising and delivering induction and competency-based training
Desirable
- Experience implementing and monitoring quality standards
- Experience with HEE / NHS E annual reports and quality visits
- Experience with staff performance management and disciplinary including HEE / NHS E TRAS
- Experience with managing apprentice schemes
- Previous experience collecting, analysing and presenting data for quality improvement projects and governance reports
- Experience of change management, influencing change and quality improvement project work
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates leadership qualities
- High level of self-motivation, commitment and dedication to the role
- High level of professional judgement and integrity
Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other
Essential
- Able to work weekends and late duties on a rota basis
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).
