Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician
The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a stand alone paediatric hospital located on the outskirts of Liverpool with a national reputation for excellence. A dedicated team of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide pharmacy services to a wide range of paediatric surgical and medical specialties.The pharmacy team are dynamic, innovative, caring, compassionate and work well together.
We have a new, exciting opportunity for an experienced GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to take up a full time position of Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician.
You will join our well-established, committed and friendly Medication Safety and Governance team support the development and delivery of robust procedures to ensure safe use of medicines for our patients both within the Pharmacy and in the wider Trust.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary- Pro-actively identify safety/governance/risk management issues relating to medicine management.
- Support the pharmacy department in the achievement of the regulatory medicines management standards
- Communicate effectively with a wide range of staff to ensure awareness of relevant medicines management issues
- Provide quality assurance and maintain robust systems for medicines safety incident management within the department and Trust wide, including proactive management of intelligence regarding near miss incidents reported
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man.We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists.Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow.At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full details- Develop education and training materials and support delivery of training to increase the capability of staff workforce both within pharmacy and the wider organisation
- Design, undertake and support the implementation of actions and tests of change arising from audit and research and ensure monitoring is in place to completion/impact assessment.
- Provide expert input to quality improvement project teams to support the medication safety and governance agenda across the Trust
- Support the regular review and implementation of therapeutic/clinical guidelines and Medicines Management Code.
- Support audit and evaluation of new drug applications to the Clinical Development and Evaluation Group (CDEG).
- Support the delivery of training of pharmacists and technicians (pre and post registration) in medication safety and governance.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC
- BTEC Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
- Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technician (APTUK)
- Membership of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG)
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development.We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
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