Lead Pharmacy Technician

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust in London is seeking a proactive Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician for maternity cover, working with the cardiac and respiratory services at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. You will lead a ward-based team of Pharmacy Technicians and support staff, ensuring safe, cost-effective medication provision and close collaboration with clinical pharmacists.

You will develop leadership, management and quality improvement activities, while integrating with ward-based

Qualifications

• Experience leading a ward-based pharmacy team.
• Ability to support clinical lead pharmacists in day-to-day service.
• Provide patient-facing pharmacy service to inpatient wards.
• Strong leadership and commitment to quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the ward-based team of Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration technicians and senior pharmacy assistants.
• Support the clinical lead pharmacists with day-to-day service provision.
• Provide a patient-facing pharmacy service to cardiac and respiratory patients on inpatient wards.
• Organise the operational flow of the ward-based pharmacy service.
• Be an active member of the Site Operational Team (SOT).
• Promote safe and cost-effective provision of medication within the service.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Clinical pharmacy

Quality improvement

Communication

Job description

Are you looking for a challenge & opportunity to lead and manage the day-to-day ward based services?

Do you want to work in an innovative team, continuously striving for excellence?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated lead medicines management pharmacy technician. This is a maternity leave cover working alongside an existing Lead Pharmacy Technician within cardiac and respiratory services.

The post holder will be working closely with the clinical pharmacy team, the pharmacy dispensary and ward multi-disciplinary teams within cardiac and respiratory services at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

You will be a team player and keen to continue to improve quality standards within the department and will be responsible for safe and cost-effective provision of medication. The post holder will manage the ward-based team of Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and senior pharmacy assistants whilst supporting the clinical lead pharmacists with day to day service provision.

You will be fully supported in your role to fulfil your potential in leadership, management and quality improvement processes.

To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective provision of medication within our service including the dedicated ward based dispensaries. The post holder will manage our ward based

team of Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and senior pharmacy assistants. They will be responsible for providing a patient facing, pharmacy service to cardiac and respiratory patients for our inpatient wards and organising the operational flow of the

service on a day to day basis. The post holder will be an active member of the Site Operational Team (SOT).

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Sullivan Job title: Deputy Head of Pharmacy Email address: [e-mail]