This is an opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technicians to lead on medicines management Trust-wide within the pharmacy clinical service. The post holder will be expected to develop the medicines management service across the Trust with support from the lead medicines management pharmacy technicians on each site to deliver the priorities.

The posts responsibilities include:

• Responsible for providing professional leadership and supervision in managing and developing the medicines management services in the Trust.
• Responsible for the Induction and Training for all staff working within the medicines management team for clinical services.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient medicines management services to wards, departments and patients.
• Play a pivotal role in education, training and appraisal of pharmacy staff.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the strategic and operational management of the medicines management pharmacy technician (MMPT) service in line with the Medicines Optimisation strategy within the Trust.
• Managing the lead and/or senior MMPT at each site.
• Tutoring role for trainee pharmacists or pharmacy pre-registration student technicians.
• Training of trainee pharmacists, pharmacy pre-registration student technicians and new staff.
• Manage induction of new staff.
• Recruitment of Pharmacy staff within the department.

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About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacy technician
• Significant post-registration experience within Hospital setting

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification
• Formal leadership course

Experience

Essential

• Significant secondary care experience
• Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification.
• Experience of successfully implementing pharmacy services

Skills

Essential

• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines
• Good negotiating and influencing skills

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

London North West University Trust Hospital (cross site working)

Harrow

HA1 3UJ

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