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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
164-6823998-A
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham University Hospitals
Town
Nottingham
Salary
拢37,338 - 拢44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Chief Medicines Management Technician - Quality and Safety

Band 6

Job overview

This split post will form part of the clinical pharmacy team leading on delivering high quality, safe, effective care across both of our large hospital campuses. This split post will work with the Advanced Pharmacy Technician 鈥 Clinical Services and Governance to strategically support and develop the service our team of medicines management technicians and assistants needs to deliver at NUH.

In this role, you will work closely with the Pharmacy Clinical Services Management Team, Pharmacy Governance and wider Medicines Safety and Governance teams to improve the standards of medicines management in clinical areas across the Trust. You will be supported by the wider clinical pharmacy team.

You will be part of the Medicine Management Leadership Team at NUH. This role provides the opportunity to also work with the MMT Education and Training.

You will also act as a leader and a line manager within the team and will be given the opportunity to develop your skills as this new and exciting role is embedded.

Main duties of the job

This role is a 75: 25听 percent split. For 75% of the role, you will deliver patient-facing clinical pharmacy care on a regular basis and will use your medicines management skills to improve patient care.听 The 25% will be for Quality and safety on the wards working alongside Governance.

You will act as a role model for other pharmacy technicians and will use your skills and knowledge to work with colleagues to develop standards, and expectations and demonstrate improvements in the care we provide.听

You will use your leadership and management skills on a regular basis. You will lead improvements and changes in the team and will line-manage individual medicines management technicians and help them to develop and thrive.

To participate in departmental weekends, bank holidays and late duty working as required. At the time of advertising, the weekend rota encompasses 2 half-day shifts every 4/5 weeks at the city campus or 1 full day shift every 4 weeks at the QMC campus. In addition, the post holder will participate in a system of flexible shifts to facilitate NUH pharmacy opening times.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff,听we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH



Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.

路听听听听听听 To assist in leading the Medicine Management Technicians in service improvement and strategic development of the clinical and operational technical pharmacy services within pharmacy clinical services on the wards

路听听听听听听 To assist in ensuring the delivery of a safe, efficient, high quality, innovative and cost-effective technical ward service by ensuring services are delivered to acceptable local and national standards, meeting current and future legal requirements and professional guidelines and ethical codes of practice.

路听听听听听听 To assist in the planning and delivery of a safe and effective technical ward service on wards across both campuses, in conjunction with the clinical pharmacists.

路听听听听听听 To work in conjunction with other lead medicines management technicians to develop and deliver the ward technician training programme, ensuring quality monitoring standards are developed, agreed and implemented.

路听听听听听听 To assist in ensuring quality monitoring systems are developed, implemented and agreed, and that targets and standards are set.

路听听听听听听 To line manage the Medicines Management Technicians within the Medicine team.

Person specification

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Clear communication/presentation style - written communication
  • Demonstrable ability to effectively communicate information relevant to medicines management back to patients/staff

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in all core aspects of hospital pharmacy.
  • Substantial knowledge of medicine management procedures and policies
  • Experience in the admission/discharge processes within hospital pharmacy
  • Proven knowledge and experience in using computer labelling and stock control systems within hospital pharmacy
  • Can demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limits of their authority and knowledge
  • Ability to perform and work under pressure to deliver objectives and plans
  • Ability to implement and propose changes to practice/policies
  • Experience of training and developing other staff
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in a large, busy hospital environment.
  • Experience of management and coordination of staff within hospital pharmacy.
  • Project management experience
  • Experience of teaching/tutoring

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviors consistent with the Trust鈥檚 鈥淲e are here for you鈥 behavioral standards

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management and service delivery
  • Proven experience in problem solving.
  • Accurate with good attention to detail.
  • Experience in data collection activities and analysis.

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience in organising staff workloads to meet pharmacy service and patients鈥 needs.
  • Self-motivated and able to motivate other
  • To work on own initiative and manage own time to meet deadlines

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services
  • General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy technician
  • Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).
  • Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (Accredited or proof of in-house training)
  • Proven knowledge and understanding of the medicine management technician role and responsibilities within hospital pharmacy
Desirable criteria
  • Management Qualification or equivalent
  • BTEC/NVQ level 4 in Pharmaceutical Services
  • Member of APTUK
  • Qualification in education and training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louisa Dodoo-Ankrah
Job title
Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812279291
Additional information

Lisa Foster

Pharmacy, Chief Technician - Pharmacy Governance

[email protected]