Job summary
Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a stand alone paediatric hospital located on the outskirts of Liverpool with a national reputation for excellence. A dedicated team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide pharmacy services to a wide range of paediatric surgical and medical specialties. The pharmacy team are dynamic, innovative, caring, compassionate and work well together.
We have a new, exciting opportunity for an experienced GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to take up a full time position of Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician.
You will join our well-established, committed and friendly Medication Safety and Governance teamsupport the development and delivery of robust procedures to ensure safe use of medicines for our patients both within the Pharmacy and in the wider Trust.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
- Pro-actively identify safety/governance/risk management issues relating to medicine management.
- Support the pharmacy department in the achievement of the regulatory medicines management standards
- Communicate effectively with a wide range of staff to ensure awareness of relevant medicines management issues
- Provide quality assurance and maintain robust systems for medicines safety incident management within the department and Trust wide, including proactive management of intelligence regarding near miss incidents reported
About us
As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full details
- Develop education and training materials and support delivery of training to increase the capability of staff workforce both within pharmacy and the widerorganisation
- Design, undertake and support the implementation of actions and tests of change arising from audit and research and ensure monitoring is in place to completion/impact assessment.
- Provide expert input to quality improvement project teams to support the medication safety and governance agenda across the Trust
- Support the regular review and implementation of therapeutic/clinical guidelines and Medicines Management Code.
- Support audit and evaluation of new drug applications to the Clinical Development and Evaluation Group (CDEG).
- Support the delivery of training of pharmacists and technicians (pre and post registration) in medication safety and governance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full details
- Develop education and training materials and support delivery of training to increase the capability of staff workforce both within pharmacy and the widerorganisation
- Design, undertake and support the implementation of actions and tests of change arising from audit and research and ensure monitoring is in place to completion/impact assessment.
- Provide expert input to quality improvement project teams to support the medication safety and governance agenda across the Trust
- Support the regular review and implementation of therapeutic/clinical guidelines and Medicines Management Code.
- Support audit and evaluation of new drug applications to the Clinical Development and Evaluation Group (CDEG).
- Support the delivery of training of pharmacists and technicians (pre and post registration) in medication safety and governance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
Desirable
- BTEC Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
- Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technician (APTUK)
- Membership of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
Desirable
- BTEC Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
- Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technician (APTUK)
- Membership of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)
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).
