Deputy Dispensary Manager (Inpatients, Virtual Wards & Satellites)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification attached before applying for this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Knowledge, skills and experience equivalent to BTEC + NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services Registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
• In-house management training (or willing to undertake)
• ACPT

Desirable criteria

• Management study days
• CMI level 3 in management or willing to undertake

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Good up to date knowledge of medicine use
• Understanding of issues involved in stock control
• Understanding of importance of monitoring quality of service
• Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of Health and Safety at work requirements

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Tact and persuasive skills
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to plan and organise on-going service delivery
• Ability to plan and organise on-going training programmes
• Ability to appropriately prioritise competing demands
• Ability to analyse complex problems

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of teaching and learning strategies and ability to put them into practice
• Use of reporting software

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 456.6KB)
• Personal Specification (PDF, 96.4KB)
• Functional Aspects (PDF, 152.4KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)