Chief Pharmacy Technician

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Chief Technician to provide leadership within the Pharmacy department. The successful candidate will manage a team, drive service improvements, and support the organization's vision for high-quality patient care. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as well as a commitment to developing pharmacy services. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic pharmacy team and enhance service delivery.

Benefits

Inclusive and supportive workplace

Health and well-being initiatives

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Staff recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Extensive Pharmacy Technician experience required.
• Proven leadership capability in pharmacy operations.
• Ability to provide senior clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technicians and pharmacy assistants.
• Oversee clinical, operational, informatics, and education aspects of technical services.
• Drive service improvement across the pharmacy department.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Attention to detail

Job description

*Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached*

To support ongoing work within the Pharmacy department we are delighted to offer the post of Chief Technician.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic proven leader who has extensive Pharmacy Technician and leadership experience and who will complement our established and valued teams. You will have improvement and development experience to help drive forward development of our service.

We are looking for somebody with excellent communication, organizational and time management skills who can demonstrate a high level of attention to detail.

The successful applicant will professionally lead our team of technicians and pharmacy assistants across our organization. The post will be a key member of the pharmacy senior leadership team and represent the service at all levels within the organisation.

This post is a new and exciting opportunity to provide senior clinical leadership and expertise to our dynamic and progressive pharmacy technical team. This role will be responsible for overseeing clinical, operational, informatics and education and training aspects of technical services. This role will work very closely with all of the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team to drive service improvement across the Pharmacy department and organisation to deliver the departmental vision and strategy.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Angela Bolch Job title: Chief Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01642 624357

Lisa Newton

Pharmacy Operational Manager

07732903374

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