Deputy Lead Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Services

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Liverpool seeks an ambitious registered pharmacy technician to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will lead dispensary services, ensuring the efficient supply of medicines and supervising staff. This role offers opportunities for personal growth and career progression in a dynamic environment. Excellent leadership and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with relevant qualifications.
• Proven experience in a pharmacy setting.
• Ability to supervise and train staff.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the dispensary staff and ensure safe supply of medicines.
• Maintain operational dispensary procedures and assist with reviews.
• Accurately label and dispense medications as per SOPs.
• Perform final accuracy checks and ensure continuity of service.
• Provide professional advice to patients and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Leadership skills

Customer satisfaction

Communication skills

Team player

Flexibility to change

Job description

We are looking for an ambitious, enthusiastic registered pharmacy technician seeking a new and exciting challenge to cover maternity leave, 34 hours per week. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to utilise and develop their management and leadership skills, as they lead and develop dispensary services at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

The dispensary is a busy, fast paced environment that provides essential dispensing services to the wards, departments, and patients of Liverpool Women’s Hospital. You will be responsible for the day-to-day efficient running of the dispensary, the completion of rotas and the supervision and training of staff.

We are looking to appoint a confident and competent registered pharmacy technician who can demonstrate effective leadership skills, and who is looking to progress their career to manage the dynamic and friendly dispensary team. The successful candidate will be provided with all the relevant training and support, as well as provided with ample opportunities to allow personal growth, and career progression.

Applying candidates should be a motivated and positive individual who can lead and contribute to outstanding pharmacy services, with excellent customer satisfaction and communication skills, be a strong team player, be flexible to change and have confidence to effectively liaise with other health care professionals in a hospital setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise the dispensary staff and ensure the safe and timely supply of medicines is always maintained to the wards and departments of Liverpool Women’s Hospital
• Ensure that operational dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are always maintained and followed and will contribute to the maintenance of the programme with timely reviews.
• Undertake accurate labelling and dispensing in accordance with SOPs by interpreting both paper and EPMa prescription charts and facilitate the safe supply of medicines.
• Undertake allocated final accuracy checking slots within the dispensary as an ACT and to show continuous competency in checking accurately and safely.
• Use the pharmacy computer system to maintain accurate patient records and information regarding supplies the pharmacy department have made.
• Ensure dispensary staff complete allocated work to expected standards, which includes stock checks, expiry date checking and appropriate storage of medicines. To ensure that checked items are ready to be delivered in line with the schedules.
• Provide professional advice and information to patients, relatives, carers, medical, midwifery and nursing staff regarding prescribed medicines and further supplies.
• Provide support in implementing developments within dispensing services.

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elaine Willis Job title: Lead Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Services Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01517024149