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Senior Pharmacy Technician - Band 7

On-site in London·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Barts Health NHS Trust

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Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 a year

About £3,690 - £4,030 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours
Experience
3+ years
Closing date
Apply by Monday 16 November
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians or equivalent
  • HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent
  • Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
  • Educational Supervisor accreditation, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
  • Quality Improvement training
  • Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
  • Change management
  • Risk management
  • HR training
  • • Demonstrable experience of providing pharmacy professional training, and supporting trainees
  • • Experience with undertaking appraisals, devising PDPs, setting SMART objectives and creating action plans
  • • Experience with recruitment and selection; chairing interviews
  • • Experience of collecting, manipulating and presenting data in appropriate format using Microsoft Office Word and Excel
  • • Experience with organising and chairing meetings
  • • Experience of implementing change
  • • Significant experience working in an acute NHS hospital setting, including stock distribution and top-up services
  • • Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
  • • Experience in completing audits and implementing change
  • • Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
  • • Procedure development and review
  • • Planning and implementing change within pharmacy services with external stakeholders
  • • Involved in service development action plans
  • • Significant experience of day-to-day management of technical operations in a section of a hospital pharmacy
  • • Writing and presenting complex reports
  • • Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
  • • Knowledge of medicines management systems at the ward level
  • • Up-to-date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
  • • Understanding of stock control systems
  • • Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
  • • Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
  • • Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
  • • Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
  • • Understand issues involved in stock control and Medicines distribution
  • • Understand the importance of quality issues
  • • Extensive knowledge of pharmacy operations
  • • Knowledge of codes of practice /NHS plan for pharmacy
  • • Knowledge of wider NHS agenda and issues
  • Planning and implementing change in pharmacy service or medicines use, including working with external Stakeholders
  • • Understanding to provide complex information and guidance on medicines use, clinical pharmacy and financial issues clearly and concisely
  • • Clear understanding of the role &responsibilities of the pharmacy technician
  • • Ability to analyse and report on trends, and give specialist advice on findings
  • • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • • IT literate and able to use Microsoft Office.
  • • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • • Organisation and prioritisation of workload
  • • Ability to problem-solve
  • • Ability to motivate self and others
  • • Time management skills
  • • Methodical attention to detail
  • • Good numeracy skills.
  • • Able to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
  • • Ability to maintain a high standard of accuracy in a busy environment,
  • • Supervisory and mentoring skills, including ability to give effective feedback to all levels of staff
  • • Manual handling skills.
  • • Excellent leadership and management skills
  • • Able to priorities workload and resources them according to the changing demands /requirements
  • • Systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
  • • Able to demonstrate clear thinking and judgement
  • • Able to concentrate for extended periods of time on complex data
  • • Innovative with a logical approach to problem solving
  • • Commitment to CPD
  • • Professional attitude
  • • Able to use own initiative
  • • Reliable, honest and possesses Integrity
  • • Able to push heavy trolleys
  • • Able to lift heavy loads frequently of up to 15kg
  • • Standard DBS

Nice to have

  • Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Level 4 Diploma
  • ILM L4 – leadership and management or equivalent experience
  • Level 4 Clinical Diploma for pharmacy technicians
  • • Experience using pharmacy stock management systems (CMM)
  • • Evidence of successful design and implementation of new supply processes.
  • • Management of staff
  • • Experience in the leadership of staff / teams
  • • Experience with management of staff including experience of conducting disciplinary meeting
  • • Evidence of project management
  • • Knowledge of using trust systems, Healthroster, Trac, Eforms
  • • Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
  • • Knowledge of public sector service procurement and contract law
  • Basic knowledge of MPSC tender and contracting processes
  • • Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive, facilitative manner to bring about the required results
  • Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacy technician to join the Pharmacy Procurement team at Barts Health NHS Trust. We are looking for a dedicated team player, with excellent communication and organisational skills, someone who strives to provide a high quality and efficient service to our patients and the wider organisation. 

The Lead Pharmacy Technician for Procurement will be responsible for:

  • The day-to-day management of staff and workload of the pharmacy procurement team to support the provision of a safe, effective, timely and high-quality service
  • For delivering and overseeing staff training in pharmacy procurement and ensuring training is up to date in line with service developments
  • Deputise for the Procurement Specialist Pharmacy Technician
  • For leading the development of all functions within their designated portfolio:

Purchasing

  • Purchasing of medicines, including medical gases and unlicensed medicines
  • Medicines shortage management
  • Procurement cost improvement programmes

Procurement contracts and Invoicing

  • Medicines procurement contract management
  • Reporting KPI's
  • Managing timely medicines invoice processing

What you'll do

  • To manage the pharmacy purchasing service provision.
  • To ensure safe and cost-effective purchasing and supply of pharmaceuticals by conforming to the principles of Good Distribution Practice and Standard Operating Procedures.
  • To ensure efficiencies are identified, delivered and recorded and financial losses are minimised.
  • To provide professional leadership and advice on all matters of pharmacy purchasing & procurement for Barts Health NHS Trust.
  • To assist the Pharmacy Procurement Lead with the development and implementation of pharmacy objectives & the service development plan relating to Purchasing & Procurement.
  • To cover for the Pharmacy Specialist Pharmacy Technician during their absence.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hiring process

To discuss this role further, please contact Anthony Shepherd, Pharmacy Procurement Specialist Technician Anthony.shepherd@nhs.net 
or
Pharmacy Service Lead: Procurement & Distribution J.Minhas1@nhs.net 

About Barts Health NHS Trust

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In their own words

About the company & team

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. 

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.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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.

Additional information

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful. 

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. 

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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