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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
About
On 1 July 2014 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became one of the largest trusts in the UK by acquiring Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals.
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Welcome to the Royal Free
Band 7 Lead Pharmacy Technician – Clinical Services
Closed for applications on: 11-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 11-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Address
- Wellhouse Lane
- Town
- Barnet
- Postcode
- EN5 3DJ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Pharmacy
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced medicines management pharmacy technician to lead and coordinate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy technician service to the wards. This will include the promotion of safe, effective, and cost-effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary/ secondary interface. This includes being responsible for leading the team of MMTs, rotational
pharmacy technicians, satellite-based pharmacy support workers and pre-registration trainee pharmacy technician trainees (PTPTs), ensuring that their induction, training, assessment, and appraisal is being managed.
The postholder will be responsible for leading and maintaining a pharmacy technician medicines management service at ward level. This will include a high standard of medicines reconciliation, the assessment of patients own drugs, providing original pack dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating supply of both in-patient and discharge medicines.
The postholder will promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, patient safety - clinical governance initiatives and adherence to trust policies, guidelines and advises on drug budget management in these areas and carry out pharmacy practice research and clinical audit in this area of practice. They will support the senior pharmacy and nursing teams in ensuring that Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards are maintained and that they promote continuous improvement schemes to address identified actions when needed.
The postholder will have responsibility for the day-to-day running of the medical satellite pharmacy including allocation of work and ordering and supply of medicines. They will also be responsible for ensuring that junior staff are trained and competent do undertake their roles within this area.
Potential candidates should be an accredited checking technician with experience of working at ward level and managing a team. They will be confident with the use of pharmacy systems including the ordering of medicines and have a strong commitment to training staff
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The postholder will be responsible for leading and maintaining a pharmacy technician medicines management service at ward level. This will include a high standard of medicines reconciliation, the assessment of patients own drugs, providing original pack dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and co-ordinating supply of both in- patient and discharge medicines.
They will promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, patient safety - clinical governance initiatives and adherence to trust policies and guidelines and advises on drug budget management in these areas and carry out pharmacy practice research and clinical audit in this area of practice.
The postholder will have responsibility for the day-to-day running of the medical satellite pharmacy including allocation of work and ordering and supply of medicines. They will also be responsible for ensuring that junior staff are trained and competent do undertake their roles within this area. They will lead and coordinate the delivery of a responsive, proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to the wards. This will include the promotion of safe, effective, and cost-effective drug use to facilitate patient admission and enhance continuity of care across the primary/secondary interface. This includes being responsible for leading the team of ward-based pharmacy technicians and ensuring that their induction, training, and appraisal is being managed.
The postholder will promote high quality drug use, effective risk management, patient safety - clinical governance initiatives and adherence to trust policies and guidelines and advises on drug budget management in these areas and carry out pharmacy practice research and clinical audit in this area of practice. As with all staff, they will consistently work in an accurate, effective, and efficient manner to support the provision of a high-quality service to patients, trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is always expected to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.
The post-holder must always carry out their role in line with the Trust World Class values.
Working for our organisation
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. The Pharmacy department at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is an ambitious and quality improvement focused team who are committed to optimising the use of medicines and providing the best pharmaceutical care to our patients. We are proud to lead the way in integrated training partnerships, digital transformation, and cost improvement programmes (CIP).
The Pharmacy Service comprises of Inpatient and Outpatient dispensary services, ward based clinical pharmacy services, Medicines Information, aseptic and non-sterile production services, pharmacy stores & distribution, procurement, and homecare services. We cover a range of clinical specialties including HIV, general medicine, emergency services, surgery, rheumatology, hepatology, anti-coagulation, oncology & haematology, women’s health, paediatrics, and infection control.
For more information, please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
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- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
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- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
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Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
Please note:
- Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
- Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
- Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Educational Supervisor Training course or Assessor A1 qualification or equivalent
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
- AIMM, MOP or equivalent relevant experience in the medicines management role
Desirable criteria
- Foundation degree and/or Management qualification and/or clinical diploma or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable post qualification experience in Medicines Management at ward level in a hospital setting
- Previous assessable supervisory experience and experience in training
- Experience of conducting appraisals with feedback
- Experience of recruitment and selection of other technical staff
- Computer literate including Microsoft software products including JAC
- Experience of working closely with other healthcare professionals (HCP’s) such as nursing staff, operational managers
Desirable criteria
- Considerable post qualification work in an operational management capacity
- Previous assessable experience of project management
- Experience of performance management
- Experience of participating in high level / MDT meetings
- Experience of implementing a clinical governance agenda at ward level.
- Evidence of practice research or audit work and developing metrics / KPIs with the ability to analyse and interpret data for financial and service performance reports
- Excellent professional and leadership skills with evidence of successfully managing high performing teams
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joan Mendez
- Job title
- Pharmacy Technician Lead - Education & Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
via MS Teams - [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Recruitment Support
- Open Monday to Friday
- 08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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