Principal Pharmacy Technician

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Principal Pharmacy Technician to lead operations in pharmacy services. This role involves strategic oversight, managing staff, and ensuring quality patient care. Candidates should have significant experience in pharmacy leadership and a strong commitment to professional development and innovation.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in senior pharmacy roles required.
• Experience with managing teams and driving improvement.
• Passion for delivering outstanding care through innovation.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and operational responsibility for pharmacy services.
• Management of Dispensaries, Stores, and Production Unit.
• Leadership for the pharmacy technician workforce.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Assurance

Collaboration

Operational Management

Pharmaceutical Care

Education

Pharmacy Technician Qualification

Independent Prescriber Qualification

Job description

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We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals as a Principal Pharmacy Technician—a pivotal leadership role at the heart of our pharmacy services.

As the most senior pharmacy technician in our department, you’ll take strategic and operational responsibility for our Dispensaries, Stores, Production Unit, and Pharmacy Computer Services. You’ll be a key member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, championing the pharmacy technician profession and shaping the future of our service.

This is a particularly dynamic time to join us. With our new automation system launching in the dispensary from July 2024, and plans underway for a new modular aseptic unit in Q1 of this financial year, you’ll be stepping into a role that’s both forward-looking and full of opportunity.

We’re looking for someone with substantial experience in senior pharmacy roles—someone who thrives on leading teams, driving improvement, and nurturing talent. You’ll bring a strong focus on quality, safety, and professional development, and be passionate about delivering outstanding care through innovation and collaboration.

To Support The Assistant Chief Pharmacist – Operational Services Manager To Deliver And Develop Operational Pharmacy Services To The Trust Via The Management Of Teams Of Staff Within The Following Operational Areas

• Pharmacy Supply Services
• Purchasing and Stores
• Production Services
• Quality Assurance & Control Services
• Pharmacy Computer Services.
• To manage, develop and provide professional leadership to the pharmacy technician workforce in delivering optimal and efficient pharmaceutical services.
  
  

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Patrick Wilson Job title: Chief Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01623 622515

Mark Clymer - Assistant Chief Pharmacist - [e-mail] /07342003856

Please feel free to contact us with any queries or to arrange an informal visit to the Trust in advance of any interview.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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