Higher Level Pharmacy Technician – Technical Services

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn invites a registered Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic Technical Services team. You will support integrated delivery of medicines to patients, ensure safe, cost-efficient supply, and help maintain high professional standards in a busy acute Trust.

You will lead and supervise staff within the unit, deputise for Senior Technicians, and identify service improvements as we modernise and expand technician-led roles.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to lead and manage staff within a busy unit.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Specialist or Senior Technician as delegated and/or as designated in their absence and appropriately represent at relevant meetings
• Support the Technical Services Technicians and assistant teams and supervise processes
• Identify extended roles for support staff and areas for service improvements in line with the modernisation agenda, local and national initiatives, professional development and changes in legislation
• Plan staffing requirements; supervise the technician and assistant rota
• Identify opportunities for further developments in pharmacy services
• Contribute to the planning of the pharmacy service in conjunction with the Senior Pharmacy Technician team
• Support the development of extended technician roles and the implementation of technician led services
• Act as a technician role model and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines
• Provide professional leadership and motivate and inspire other staff inside and outside of pharmacy and act as a role model
• Identify options and opportunities for service provision, which enhance the efficiency of the service in order to reduce waiting times, improve accuracy, improve productivity and support staff development

Skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Job description

Do you want to be an integral part of a thriving acute Trust that embraces transformation and is passionate about delivering safe, personal and effective care? If the answer is yes, we have the perfect opportunity for you to join our award-winning pharmacy team.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated, registered Pharmacy Technician to support our Technical Services team in delivering the best possible service to patients, whilst maintaining standards.

The successful candidate will join the team in providing an integrated delivery of medicines to our patients to ensure cost effective, safe and appropriate supply of aseptically prepared products. This is a great opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician who is looking to enhance their skill set in a Technical Service environment whilst maintaining their wider pharmacy knowledge and expertise.

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician who will demonstrate well developed organisational skills, have a flexible and forward-thinking approach, with the ability to lead and manage staff working within the unit and who is strong communicator.

Candidates will be highly motivated, a team player and someone that can respond to the pace of a busy acute Trust.

This is a fast-paced environment, with a consistently high-volume of work with regularly changing standards. We are seeking individuals who can work as part of the multidisciplinary Technical Service team and provide support the general pharmacy team.

• Deputise for the Specialist or Senior Technician as delegated and/or as designated in their absence and appropriately represent at relevant meetings
• Support the Technical Services Technicians and assistant teams and supervise processes
• Identify extended roles for support staff and areas for service improvements in line with the modernisation agenda, local and national initiatives, professional development and changes in legislation
• Plan staffing requirements; supervise the technician and assistant rota
• Identify opportunities for further developments in pharmacy services
• Contribute to the planning of the pharmacy service in conjunction with the Senior Pharmacy Technician team
• Support the development of extended technician roles and the implementation of technician led services
• Act as a technician role model and demonstrate the ability to provide safe, clinically effective and cost efficient use of medicines
• Provide professional leadership and motivate and inspire other staff inside and outside of pharmacy and act as a role model
• Identify options and opportunities for service provision, which enhance the efficiency of the service in order to reduce waiting times, improve accuracy, improve productivity and support staff development

East Lancashire Hospitals has a history of innovation and is an exciting place to work. We have gone live recently with a full Electronic Patient Record, which incorporates ePrescribing and medicines reconciliation activities. We were the first Trust in the country to launch Refer-to-Pharmacy. The pharmacy teams utilise ELHT's unique e-patient tracking system to identify and target patients requiring medicines reconciliation, and as an e-pharmaceutical care planning tool.

The successful candidate will be supported to develop themselves as well as the service they are responsible for, in a friendly and forward-thinking organisation.

If you want to make a difference, are passionate about patient care, then there has never been a better time to join our team.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Blackledge Job title: Specialist Pharmacy Technician Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01254 734170