Senior Pharmacy Technician: Quality and Safety

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Poole is seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join their Quality and Safety Team. This role involves supporting medication safety initiatives, assisting in the organization of the pharmacy services, and training staff. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and be passionate about patient safety. The position requires flexible working hours, including late nights and weekends.

Benefits

Excellent Education and Training

Development opportunities

Physiotherapy and Occupational Health Support

Salary sacrifice scheme

Unsocial Hours Payment

Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy services, especially in medication safety.
• Ability to assist in training and development of team members.
• Flexibility in working hours, including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive pharmacy service adhering to regulations.
• Support medication safety and governance across the Trust.
• Assist in day-to-day organization of aseptic preparation unit.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Medication safety knowledge

Education

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Responsibilities

• To provide a comprehensive pharmacy service complying with the relevant legislation, good practice and following standard operating procedures.
• To assist the Pharmacy Quality and Safety Team in promoting medication safety and governance Trust Wide.
• Support pharmacy and nursing staff in analysing, reporting on, reflecting, and learning from medication incidents.
• Assist in the day-to-day organisation of the service provided by the pharmacy aseptic preparation unit (APU) for the trusts, involving delivery of chemotherapy, and CIVAs products for both adult and paediatric patients.
• Deputise for the Deputy Lead Pharmacy Technician: Aseptic Services and Lead Pharmacy Technician: Quality and Safety.
• Assist in the training and development of others and performance management required to deliver a consistent and high standard of service to patients.
• Be a champion and advocate for medication safety, supporting both Pharmacy and the wider Trust.

Benefits

• Excellent Education and Training
• Development opportunities
• Physiotherapy and Occupational Health Support
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Unsocial Hours Payment

About the role

Are you searching for the next step in your pharmacy career? Are you highly motivated and passionate about patient and medication safety?

We're looking for an experienced registered pharmacy technician with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our Pharmacy Quality and Safety Team. You'll have the opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills with incident review training, trend monitoring, project improvements and more. This role further expands to work within Aseptic services, providing a variety of experience. Your success is our success and we'll support you in all your training and development endeavours. Working alongside the multidisciplinary teams, you'll help ensure continuous process review and patient safety improvement.

You will be required to work on the late night, weekend and bank holiday rotas. You will also be required to work flexibly.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term.

Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview. Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.