Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager

NHS; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization in Aylesbury is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager to lead their dispensary team across multiple hospital sites. This role involves planning and implementing service strategies while managing a team and ensuring compliance with legislation. The ideal candidate will have a Pharmacy Technician registration, management training, and experience in a healthcare environment. Competitive salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 depending on experience and working patterns can be flexible.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

NHS discount schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a team
• Experience in change management
• Ability to work under pressure

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and delivery of dispensary services
• Provide professional leadership in dispensary services
• Manage stock and financial control

Skills

Organisational skills

Team leadership

Motivation

Education

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Line management training/qualification

Project management

Job description

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager who will join the dispensary team at both Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician who would like to develop their managerial and leadership skills and achieve their full potential working in a busy acute hospital dispensary setting.

The person appointed will support the Team Leader for Dispensary Services in the implementation of agreed strategy changes and provide direct leadership and support to their team ensuring delivery of change within set time scales.

Technicians interested in this position are required to bring with them motivation, an enthusiasm to promote new ideas, a determination to succeed in a challenging environment, the ability to remain calm under pressure and a commitment to future developments in pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

Assists the Team Leader for dispensary services with the planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation, and delivery of the dispensary service across the Trust. Ensure that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation, professional, local, and national guidelines and implement changes, thereby ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive, high-quality service.

Contribute to the strategic plan for dispensary operations including change management projects and adopting new models of working including with EPMA systems.

Provide professional leadership and management in all aspects of dispensary services for all staff members who work within the dispensary environment. This includes pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, trainee pharmacists and support workers.

Ensure that appropriate training is provided for all staff working in the dispensary and training records are maintained and available when required.

Assist with stock management and financial control of costs within the dispensary service, including maintaining appropriate and efficient staffing levels, and reducing waste through the avoidable expiration of medicine and use of resources.

Assist the Team Leader for dispensary services to manage the day to day running of the dispensary service and rotas

Deputise for the Team Leader for dispensary services, providing technical leadership

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job descriptions and person specification attached for detailed responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
• Line management training/qualification
• MMT/CIPs/PIPC
• Project management

Experience

• Experience of Line management
• Experience of change management
• Experience of managing a team

Skills and knowledge

• Write and implement SOPs
• Organisational skills
• Manage staff through HR processes
• Work as a team leader
• Motivate self and others

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel between sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with cross site working)

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6795268-E

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with cross site working)