Senior Pharmacy Technician Medicines Management

Are you a skilled pharmacy technician with a passion for patient care and a drive for continuous improvement? This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy and professional team, where your expertise will make a real difference.

We’re looking for a proactive and experienced pharmacy technician who thrives in ward-based settings,and is committed to enhancing patient outcomes to join our team in this management position. You’ll bring:

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

• Proven experience in hospital pharmacy, particularly in ward-based medicines optimisation

• Strong communication and organisational skills

• A passion for improvement science and service development

• A collaborative mindset and commitment to professional growth

The successful candidate will be supported to develop themselves as well as the service they are responsible for, in a friendly and forward thinking organisation.

If you want to make a difference, are passionate about patient care, then there has never been a better time to join our team.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties.

Lead a team of Pharmacy Technicians and support staff to ensure timely supplies of critical medicines, review of inpatients, medicines reconciliations, interventions, review and re-use of patient’s own medicines and supply of discharge medications. Ensure medicines storage areas are compliant with medicines management standards. React to the changing needs of the Trust and departmental resource, supporting clinical flow and patient safety.

MAIN DUTIES

oResponsible for the day-to-day management of pharmacy medicines management services at ward-level across all sites.

oWork closely with the Senior Clinical Pharmacist to help best manage the pharmacy provision to clinical areas.

oProvide ward based clinical medicines management duties at ward level, carrying out screening of patients on admission, medicines supply, discharge planning, patient counselling and ward-based medicines management duties.

oAct as a role model to the technical workforce, providing a consistently high level of line management and strategic awareness, supporting the Pharmacy Management Board as a completer/finisher for the pharmacy directorate agenda.

oBe responsible for the provision of staff, making sound and fair decisions. Support the technical team to handle emotionally challenging situations and ensuring the best outcome for patients are at the centre of all decisions made. Be able to make sound critical decisions based on data, evidence, and risk management.

oBe the leader of a team, making decisions autonomously, and escalating to the Lead Pharmacy Technician and or Senior Clinical Pharmacists when necessary.

oDeputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician when required. Provide support for other Senior Pharmacy Technicians covering leave and absence.