Rotational Pharmacy Technician

London Ambulance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Job summary

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking Pharmacy Technicians to rotate across IUC/111, 999 and the medicines packing unit. This role supports development of pharmacy skills, with supervision of junior staff and collaboration with the IUC lead pharmacist.

GPhC registered candidates who are dynamic and eager to learn in a developing environment are encouraged to apply. Multiple sites in London with a London location mentioned in the posting.

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Experience in SOP development or writing is desirable.
• Experience training and managing staff and carrying out governance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Medicines Distribution & Medicines Store and ensure medicines are available and secure.
• Support medicines management training and SOP development.
• Supervise and undertake risk management and quality assurance activities.
• Coordinate with IUC/111 lead pharmacist and other teams; travel to LAS sites as needed.
• Assist in line management of Assistant Technical Officers and training staff.

Skills

GPhC registered

Staff supervision

Training support

Pharmacy knowledge

Education

NVQ3/BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent

Job description

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for Pharmacy Technicians to join the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust as rotational pharmacy technicians working across placements in IUC/111, 999 and the medicines packing unit. We are an inclusive and well respected team. We will support you to develop and grow your pharmacy skills both practically and strategically. We are looking for GPhC registered pharmacy technicians who are dynamic and willing to learn in a new and developing environment

LOCATION: London & Hithergreen or Multiple Sites

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

oTo line manage and supervise the Assistant Technical Officers

oTo support the production, training and implementation of SOPs.

oTo undertake specialist rotational placements in the Medicines Packing Unit, Medicines Governance and Integrated Urgent Care/111 (IUC/111).

oTo maintain a high standard of clinical work and pharmaceutically check and release packed drugs packs.

oTo order, receipt, dispense and check controlled drugs.

oTo work closely with the IUC lead pharmacist, Trust Medication Safety Officer, chief pharmacy technician and production manager.

oTravel is required to other LAS Trust sites as necessary for meetings and audit work.

oTo train and assess medicines support staff

About us

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy 2023-2028 outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Job responsibilities

Effectively supervise the Medicines Distribution & Medicines Store and ensuring that demand of medicines is met across the Trust and that medicines are kept in a secure manner.

To use specialist knowledge, to further develop the role and understanding of medicines management within LAS.

To support the development and delivery medicine management training, if required and agreed for a range of individuals including clinicians and non-clinicians.

Support the delivery of the corporate governance and assurance requirements and any internal/external assurance processes.

To supervise and undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own area of responsibility and contribute towards the delivery of the appropriate quality standards and targets outlined in the Trust's Risk Management Strategy.

Applicants are advised to read all the information enclosed in the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

Priority will be given to London Ambulance Service employees who are at risk of redundancy.

We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Accreditations, Education

• Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
• NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Successful completion of short courses relevant to practice.

Experience

• Experience developing and writing Standard Operating Procedures
• Experience supporting staff with training
• Experience managing staff
• Experience of undertaking research activities and dispensing clinical trial medicines
• Experience of stock management
• Experience of report writing
• Previous work with or within an NHS Trust
• Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
• Experience in financial management

Knowledge and Skills

• Robust knowledge of the GPhC Standards of conduct, ethics and performance
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of national guidelines and can relate to performance related issues in practice.
• Knowledge of medicines management governance requirements within NHS Ambulance Services.
• Ability to apply technical pharmacy knowledge and critically compare a range of options
• Understanding of COSHH regulations and Health and Safety at Work Act
• Highly developed accuracy skills
• Good Analytical skills
• Knowledge of wholesale dealer activities

Personal Abilities

• Able to work autonomously and take responsibility for decisions.
• Able to travel to different sites across LAS
• Able to undertake further training/development as necessary.

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.