Digital Pharmacy Technician Lead & Systems Innovation

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cross; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist to join the Medicines Management Pharmacy Services (MMPS) Digital team as a Lead Technician - Clinical Systems.

You will combine specialist digital responsibilities with operational pharmacy practice, staff leadership and service improvement, supporting, managing and developing the WYAAT Pharmacy Manufacturing Hub from a digital, technical and reporting perspective.

Qualifications

• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services.
• Registered, or eligible to register, as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Extensive post-registration experience, including hospital pharmacy.
• Strong understanding of medicines stock control.
• Extensive experience of working in preparative pharmacy services.
• High-level understanding of pharmacy digital systems e.g. CMM, PN Ascribe, PTS, Chemocare.
• Dynamic, enthusiastic, keen to learn and support services whilst driving change.
• Excellent communication, organisation, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work accurately under pressure with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, maintenance and safe use of pharmacy and clinical digital systems.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of system configuration and associated workflows.
• Gather and review feedback from clinical users to improve functionality and reduce risk.
• Investigate issues, aid problem-solving and contribute to risk-reduction activities.
• Support the development, implementation and review of standard operating procedures.
• Undertake Clinical Safety Officer training to support the clinical safety of our digital systems.
• Map, develop, create and share digital reports using SSRS, Excel and Power BI.
• Troubleshoot hardware and MMPS software issues including printers and PCs.
• Prepare and update training materials for staff.
• Assess, train and support pharmacy staff in using digital systems.
• Contribute to digital system assurance, quality monitoring, workload reporting and service improvement.
• Support and lead staff, including development needs and recruitment.

Skills

Stock control

Pharmacy digital systems

Team player

Communication and problem-solving

Dynamic and keen to learn

Education

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

GPhC registration eligible

Tools

CMM

PN Ascribe

PTS

Chemocare

Job description

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Specialist to join the Medicines Management Pharmacy Services (MMPS) Digital team as a Lead Technician - Clinical Systems.

You will combine specialist digital responsibilities with operational pharmacy practice, staff leadership and service improvement, supporting, managing and developing the WYAAT Pharmacy Manufacturing Hub from a digital, technical and reporting perspective.