Chief Pharmacy Technician - Stores

Imperial; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London seeks a Chief Pharmacy Technician – Stores to lead the new centralised stores and over-labelling unit. You will combine operational leadership with service improvement, workforce development and effective use of pharmacy systems and automation to ensure safe, efficient medicines supply.

The role requires senior experience in hospital dispensary services, line management, and a focus on quality, data-driven improvement and cost-effective stock

Qualifications

• Experience at Band 6 in a hospital setting.
• Extensive experience within dispensary services.
• Experience in line managing staff including performance management and PDP setting.
• Experience using data to evaluate a service and with pharmacy computer systems.
• Knowledge of budget management.
• Experience delivering Clinical Trials dispensing service.
• Experience with aseptic manufacturing services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an effective medicines distribution service across Imperial College Healthcare sites.
• Ensure a flexible service responsive to customer needs.
• Support the Principal Technician and Principal Pharmacist in delivering the service.
• Provide daily technical leadership and professional guidance to stores staff.
• Champion learning and quality improvement in pharmacy.
• Audit the service against set standards and review service provision.
• Ensure safe medicines storage and cost-effective stockholding and supply from stores.
• Maintain accuracy of system information.
• Act as systems manager for CMM, automation including stock robot and automated drug cabinets.

Skills

Work under pressure

Quality & audit

Data analysis

Risk management

Pharmacy systems

Budget management

Clinical Trials dispensing

Aseptic manufacturing

Education

Registered Pharmacy technician with the GPhC

Quality Improvement qualification or equivalent experience in change management

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Help shape the future of our pharmacy supply service!

Join us at an exciting point in the strategic development of our pharmacy supply and distribution services. As Chief Pharmacy Technician – Stores, you will combine operational leadership with service improvement, workforce development and the effective use of pharmacy systems and automation. You will help shape new ways of working, ensuring our medicines supply service is safe, efficient, responsive and ready for the future.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Pharmacy Technician who is ready to step into a senior leadership role and help shape the development and delivery of a new centralised stores and over-labelling unit ensuring safe, efficient and responsive medicines supply and distribution service across our sites.

The post will combine operational leadership with service improvement, workforce development and the effective use of pharmacy systems and automation.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver an effective, efficient, high-quality medicines distribution service meeting all professional and regulatory standards across Imperial College Healthcare sites.
• Ensure a flexible service responsive to customer needs.
• Support the Principal Technician and Principal Pharmacist, PatientServices, in delivering the service.
• Provide daily technical leadership and professional guidance to all stores staff.
• Champion learning and quality improvement in pharmacy.
• Help audit the service against set standards and review service provision.
• Ensure safe medicines storage and cost-effective stockholding and supply from stores.
• Help maintain the quality and accuracy of system information.
• Act as systems manager for CMM, automation inc. stock robot, automated drug cabinets and temperature monitoring systems.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

• Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.
• Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy technician with the GPhC
• Quality Improvement qualification or equivalent experience in change management

Experience

• Significant experience at Band 6 in a relevant hospital setting
• Extensive experience within dispensary services
• Experience of line managing someone to include performance management, PDP setting and appraisal
• Experience in using data to evaluate a service
• Experience in looking after pharmacy computer systems
• Knowledge of budget management
• Experience in delivering Clinical Trials dispensing service
• Experience with aseptic manufacturing services

Knowledge/ skills/ abilities

• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
• Analytical ability for problem solving
• Ability to identify and manage risks

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.