Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Team Manager

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Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Peterborough is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Team Manager to lead the dispensary service. The role involves overseeing daily operations, managing staff, and ensuring compliance with health regulations while providing high-quality care. Candidates should possess strong leadership qualities and extensive pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in post-registration hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in clinical medicines management and service management.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the dispensary service.
• Promote compliance with medicines legislation and quality standards.
• Supervise pharmacy technicians and support staff.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Post-registration qualifications

Tools

Pharmacy Systems (EPMA, ASCRIBE)

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Team Manager Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 310-MCORP-7233061

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Edith Cavell Campus Town Peterborough Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/07/2025 23:59

Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Team Manager

Band 6

Job overview

Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated with excellent leadership qualities and looking to enhance your existing skills and develop new ones?

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you and encourage you to arrange a visit or give us a call prior to application or interview, so that you can meet the team and ask any questions you may have.

Please contact Camelia Constantinescu (Pharmacy Team Manager) or current post -holder Yvonne Warren via email [e-mail]/ [e-mail] or call 01733776006 to arrange.

Main duties of the job

• The Dispensary Manager is responsible for the management and day-to-day operation of the dispensary service and medicines management service from Cavell Centre.
• The Dispensary Manager is expected to take an active lead in aspects of service development within these areas and be able to resolve problems that may arise within these parts of the pharmacy service.
• In conjunction with clinical medicines management technicians within the team, the Dispensary Manager provides a comprehensive specialist mental health clinical medicines management technician service to the wards and teams within Peterborough and North Cambridgeshire.
• To be responsible for the provision of the day-to-day clinical medicines management technician service on the unit.
• To promote and monitor compliance with medicines legislation and quality standards.
• To recognise and reduce risks associated with medicine use.
• To promote cost effective and appropriate use of medicines.
• To contribute to the provision of the pharmacy service to other aspects of health services in the Trust when required.
• To support Trust pharmacy dispensary services if required.
• To take a lead on or contribute to service development within the pharmacy department and the clinical medicines management service on the unit, and where appropriate in other settings within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Be accountable for developing and maintaining the day-to-day specialist pharmacy technician services provided to the Cavell Centre Hospital, Trafford Ward and Intermediate Care Centre if needed in line with medicines policies and standard operating procedures.
• Support the pharmacist in the provision of the clinical pharmacy service and recognise when clinical queries need to be referred to a different healthcare professional (e.g. pharmacist, doctor).
• To co-ordinate the operational work of all the dispensary and clozapine service activities, that take place within the dispensary - prioritising and directing as required to ensure optimum use of staff time in the dispensary.
• To liaise with the specialist pharmacy technicians to ensure the smooth running of the clozapine service including participation in near-patient blood testing, dispensing of the medication supplies, organising supply and delivery schedules and monitoring of blood tests.
• To identify the need for, prepare, and revise Standard Operating Procedures and other policy documentation relating to the dispensary and clozapine service to ensure working practices comply with medicines legislation and quality standards.
• To propose, develop and implement policies and procedures for the dispensary and medicines management services to for the benefit of pharmacy staff, ward/team staff, service users and carers. To plan the implementation of changes in the policies and manage the change appropriately.
• To supervise the pharmacy technicians and support worker staff and carry appraisals and 1:1.
• Develop and contribute to education and training about medicines management to pharmacy technicians, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.
• Plan, arrange and carry out 3 monthly Controlled Drug checks on the ward and provide feedback to ward manager as necessary.
• Act as a witness for the destruction of Patient’s own and Schedule 4 Part 1 Controlled Drugs that are no longer required.
• To Report medication errors/ incidents using the Trust incident reporting scheme (Datix) and investigate pharmacy errors

The responsibilities of this post require the post-holder to work autonomously as well as a team member. This role may require travel to other locations within the Trust.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Post-registration qualifications to include

Experience

• Extensive post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
• Clinical medicines management experience
• Experience of working with a range of health care professionals, managers and other stakeholders
• Staff and/or service management
• Experience of training others
• Experience of developing standard operating procedures
• Experience of audit

Knowledge and Skills

• Computer literate in a range of applications
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and listening)
• Ability to communicate often complex information with healthcare professionals and patients/carers
• Good working knowledge of pharmacy
• Good knowledge of pharmacy systems EPMA, ASCRIBE

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.