Lead Pharmacy Technician - InPatients and Day Units

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our dynamic, innovative, and friendly Clinical Pharmacy Team based at the Sutton Site. This will provide you an opportunity to develop your leadership skills and gain invaluable management experience for a rewarding career.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the in-patient dispensary service provision and delivering an efficient and accurate clinical pharmacy service to the Day Units. In addition, you will also participate in medicines reconciliation, supporting stock management, counselling patients and general dispensary duties, including dispensing and accuracy checking.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be organised, motivated, have excellent communication skills and be able to adapt quickly to new situations. Registration as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is essential as well as holding the ACPT accreditation and a nationally recognised medicines optimisation accreditation course.

Please contact Tiffanie Gill 0208 642 6011 x 4048 if interested in the post.

Main duties of the job

Ensure service provisions of the pharmacy in-patient dispensary and day units are coordinated to a high standard and developed, according to the needs of the Trust

Monitor relevant key performance indicators accurately through audit and report on weekly/monthly basis e.g. workload turnaround times, error monitoring, workload figures.

Be responsible for staff allocation in response to changing workload and service delivery requirements. Duties include ensuring that relevant rotas for clinical service delivery are developed and adhered to e.g. day-to-day tasks, evening and weekend shifts are covered.

To support other band 6 lead clinical pharmacy technicians on the operational delivery of the medicine’s optimisation services across clinical services, with the support of the team of clinical technicians

To support and drive the implementation of initiatives to improve patient experience related to medicines

Working for our organisation

We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Responsible for leading, managing, and co-ordinating the clinical pharmacy team in the daily running of the in- patient dispensary and day units.
• Be an active member of the Clinical Services Team, participating in all operational activities as required.
• Ensure appropriate levels of staff are always available, in-line with agreed frameworks for leave.
• Meet daily operational commitments by maximising skill mix.
• Manage and prioritise own workload; be proactive and use initiative
• Work jointly with the Lead Pharmacy Technician – In-Patient Dispensary and Day Units at Chelsea to agree suitable deployment of staff to meet the needs of the hospital on a day-to-day- basis.
• Work jointly with lead Pharmacy Technician – Wards at Sutton to agree suitable deployment of staff to meet the needs of the hospital on a day-to-day basis.
• To work closely with the senior pharmacy team to ensure consistent and best practice across the Trust and develop business continuity and support arrangements as necessary.
• To work closely with the Outpatients Team (RM Medicines), Aseptic and Research & Development Team to ensure patients receive the highest standard of service deliverance.

Person specification

Qualifications

• •Practice supervisor/Educational supervisor certificate / Train the Trainer or equivalent
• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
• Regional Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
• HEE LaSE Medicine Optimisation Programme or equivalent

• Supervisor / Leadership training or equivalent

Experience

• Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
• Experience of supervising others and providing feedback for development
• Education & training of staff
• Experience or organising a service on a day-to– day basis
• Experience of holding regular team meetings
• Experience of giving feedback and communicating outcomes to the wider team
• Procedure development and review
• Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work

• Management of staff
• Experience of implementing change
• Experience of recruitment
• Experience of quality improvement / Project
• Experience of audit

Skills

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Good time management and organisational skills, ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to motivate, engage and train other members of staff
• Good leadership qualities: able to take responsibility and to delegate effectively
• Innovative, ability to initiate ideas for improvement
• Computing skills: ability to use Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.