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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

About

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.

In 2015 we opened a state-of-the-art hospital alongside a brand new research, innovation and education centre. Alder Hey in the Park and the Institute in the Park bring together excellent care, technology and design to provide the best possible healing environment for children and their families.

In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists.

For over 100 years, Alder Hey has been providing innovative high quality care for children and young people. We continue to drive innovation in paediatric healthcare within our Innovation Hub. The Innovation Hub is a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

Contact

Address: Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust; Eaton Road; Liverpool; Merseyside; L12 2AP
Contact Number: 0151 228 4811

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Jobs Website

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Ref: 411-MED-24-6754141 Vacancy ID: 6754141

Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Homecare and High-Cost Drugs

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 26-Nov-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address: EATON ROAD
Town: Liverpool
Postcode: L12 2AP
Major / Minor Region: Merseyside

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Pharmacy

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To manage the maintenance and development of Homecare Services in line with national standards and guidelines and local policy and procedures.

· To line manage the Homecare Administrative team.

· To be the Lead Specialist Pharmacy Technician at Alder Hey for High-Cost Drugs (non-PbR drugs) in line with NHSE (NHS England) and ICB commissioning intentions, local policy and procedures to ensure safe, evidence based and cost-effective implementation and use/ cost saving initiatives related to expenditure from NHSE.

· To provide technical support to the Lead Pharmacist –Formulary and Procurement, and other relevant Specialist Clinical Pharmacists, on procurement and therapeutics relating to High-Cost Medicines.

See job description for further details

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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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

Essential and desirable criteria

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills and BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
• Registered with the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council)
• Extensive previous experience and knowledge of working in a hospital pharmacy environment
• Demonstrated experience of supervising pharmacy technicians and assistants
• Clear understanding of the role of the technician in pharmacy medicines finance services
• Experience of data analysis and manipulation using Excel
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Good attention to detail and responsible attitude to quality and accuracy