Pharmacy Technician Team Lead – Transform Pharmacy Services

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme with life insurance

Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Bursary scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is seeking a highly motivated registered Pharmacy Technician to join the senior management team and help lead pharmacy services across Gartnavel General Hospital, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and Vale of Leven Hospital.

You will develop technical services, provide leadership to a large team, and participate in quality improvement, governance, and staff development through local and national training and appraisals.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC.
• HNC in pharmacy services or equivalent management qualification.
• Post-registration experience working in pharmacy.
• Broad understanding of a range of pharmacy technical practice.
• Demonstrable leadership and team management skills (this can be as a deputy).
• Good IT skills.
• SQA work based assessor qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe staffing levels across GGH and Vale of Leven pharmacy services through effective rota management and workforce planning.
• Achieve and sustain 95% compliance with statutory and mandatory training requirements within the managed team.
• Ensure completion of annual TURAS reviews and PDPs for all direct reports.
• Support reduction in sickness absence rates in line with NHSGGC targets through proactive attendance management and staff wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensure pharmacy technician and support services are staffed to support continuity of patient care and medicines supply services.
• Minimise unplanned service disruption through proactive workforce management and contingency planning.
• Support delivery of agreed departmental service standards and operational objectives.
• Maintain compliance with medicines governance procedures and departmental SOPs.
• Ensure Datix incidents are reported, investigated and actioned within agreed timescales.
• Lead and support local audits and implementation of improvement actions arising from audit findings.
• Monitor and improve compliance with medicines management standards and governance requirements.
• Deliver agreed quality improvement projects supporting North Sector Pharmacy objectives.
• Contribute to implementation of service transformation initiatives and departmental workplans.
• Support achievement of efficiencies through review and optimisation of pharmacy technician and support staff workflows.
• Provide visible day-to-day leadership across GGH and Vale of Leven pharmacy services.
• Support recruitment, induction and retention of pharmacy support staff and technicians.
• Identify development opportunities and succession planning requirements within the pharmacy workforce.
• Foster a positive team culture supporting staff engagement, wellbeing and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

IT skills

Communication

Education

HNC in pharmacy services or equivalent management qualification

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is seeking a highly motivated registered Pharmacy Technician to join the senior management team and help lead pharmacy services across Gartnavel General Hospital, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and Vale of Leven Hospital.

You will develop technical services, provide leadership to a large team, and participate in quality improvement, governance, and staff development through local and national training and appraisals.