Do you want to join an award-winning department that puts clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at the forefront of medicines optimisation and patient care?

The Pharmacy Department at Barts Health covers a population of 2.5 million. We provide medicines management and medicines optimisation services from our four hospital sites across the City of London and East London.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of the Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician position at the Royal London Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for managing the ward based team of Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and Medicines Management pharmacy assistants. They will be responsible for providing a patient facing service to the inpatient wards and organising the operational flow of the service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out the full range of duties as the Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to deliver patient focused, quality care, at the Royal London Hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for managing the ward-based team of Pharmacy Technicians, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and Medicines Management pharmacy assistants. They will be responsible for providing a patient facing service to the inpatient wards and organising the operational flow of the service.

To provide leadership to the medicines management pharmacy technicians (MMTs) in the promotion and development of ward-based pharmacy technician services.

To assist the pharmacists in ensuring that the patients' pharmaceutical care needs are met at ward level. This includes non-stock supply, re-use of patients' own drugs, discharge planning, patient counselling and provision of compliance aids.

To develop the service and roles of the medicines management technicians in conjunction with the clinical pharmacy team.

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Head of Pharmacy and the Site Lead Pharmacy Technician (SLPT).

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences /NVQ 3 or equivalent
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
• HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
• Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
• Relevant post-registration experience in a hospital pharmacy department and as a ward-based Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician
• Experience of managing or supervising a small team of staff
• Experience of training staff including providing developmental feedback and implementing training plans
• Medicines management experience in a ward-based setting, e.g. medication history taking, POD assessment etc
• Dispensing and accuracy checking
• Pharmacy labelling, stock control and report creation systems
• Experience of completing audits
• Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
• Experience of patient consultations

Desirable

• Management of staff, including experience of conducting disciplinary meetings and chairing meetings with practice supervisors
• Leadership experience within a pharmacy service including organizing a service on a day to day basis
• Experience of implementing change

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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