Full time, part time and flexible working will be considered for successful candidate.

This is an exciting new position for a Senior Pharmacy Technician working in Patient Safety. This postholder will work closely with the Medication Safety Officer & Pharmacy Governance Lead, and Medicines Management Nurse, to make significant contributions to the delivery of patient safety and medication safety strategies across the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician with hospital experience to develop their skills and knowledge in a highly specialised role.

At South Tees Pharmacy, we are committed to the development of the Pharmacy Technician workforce and can offer an array of training and development opportunities for this postholder including training in Restorative Just Culture, Human Factors, and the Patient Safety Incident Framework.

Main duties of the job

This role will include leading on patient safety related audits and associated action plans, investigations of medicines related incidents against the Trust's Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, contribution to medicines management assurance rounds in wards and departments across the organisation, and involvement in patient safety related education & training, and promotional campaigns including 'medicines safety weeks'.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQL3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
• Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC.
• Nationally recognised Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification in leadership

Knowledge

Essential

• Able to work well independently and part of a team
• Able to plan, prioritise, and organise own workload as well as that of others
• Able to work methodically and accurately

Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification pharmacy experience.

Desirable

• Current management skills and associated HR duties.
• Experience in the supervision and training of technical and support staff.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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