Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-TWS6725918-A
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hollins Park Hospital
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Services - Team Leader
Band 6
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has presented for a full time self-motivated and committed individual to develop their leadership skills in this management role.
We are looking for an astute and experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our team and to team lead medicines management dispensary services based at Hollins Park Hospital Warrington with the ask to cross cover at Maghull on a regular basis.
We strive to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally and this is that ideal career development prospect. Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is really important to us. To help us achieve this, you must be able to demonstrate core leadership and organisational skills as well as extensive knowledge of dispensary services. The ability to inspire and motivate others is central to the success of this role.Â
For further information regarding this vacancy please contact: Katherine Kenwright, Pharmacy Technician Team Manager for Dispensaries on [email protected] or telephone 01512506028.
Shortlisting planned for: 15 January 2025
Interview planned for: 29 January 2025 (TBC)
Main duties of the job
As part of this role, you will support the Pharmacy Technician Team Manager for Dispensaries to ensure that both dispensaries meet quality and activity targets. You will manage the workload of the dispensary and supervise staff on a day-to-day basis, organising rotas and cover for any unexpected staff absences to ensure a safe, effective, and timely service in accordance with current legislation and guidance and supported by policies and procedures. You will also hold HR management responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest Trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West. We serve more than 1.4 million people across the region (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and provide commissioned services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
We call this continuous improvement in quality and cost, ‘striving for perfect care’. Our aim is to play a full part in the health and social care economies we serve, by promoting and driving greater integration between mental and physical health and social care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will participate in the medicines management seven-day supply service. The trust will deliver a high-quality medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care service to all service users, carers and healthcare professionals. To lead in providing a comprehensive dispensary service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust supported by appropriate policies & procedures.Â
The post holder is managerially responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination, management & operation of the dispensary rota & service in line with the hours of operation. The post holder will ensure users receive their medicines accurately and safely, in a timely manner. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly in line with the hours of operation.
Please refer to the job description for more information.Â
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC level 3 in pharmaceutical science, or Level 3 NVQ in pharmacy service skills, or equivalent qualification
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- BTEC Level 4 in dispensing accuracy checking, or equivalent qualification (or willingness to work towards)
Desirable criteria
- NVQ A1 workplace assessor (or willingness to work towards)
- Appropriate & relevant management qualification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Management experience within pharmaceutical services
- Experience or knowledge of medicines management services within an NHS context
- Experience of dispensing & accuracy checking medication
- Understanding of the working of organisations
- Clear understanding of all relevant legislation and guidance relating to dispensary services
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of staff, budget and resource management
- Experience of change management
- Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing staff and services across different locations
- Experience of operating at a strategic level
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work individually and to work as a team leader
- Ability to multitask and change from one job to another frequently, working both independently and as part of a team
- Problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal, listening
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to use initiative
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
- Ability to work flexibly
- Understanding of business planning and report/proposal writing
- Decision making skills
- Recognition of own limitations and ability to ask for support when necessary
- Professional manner
- Ability to travel between different sites
- Customer care skills
Desirable criteria
- Project management skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Kenwright
- Job title
- Pharmacy Technician Team Manager - Dispensary
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 250 6028
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