Senior Pharmacy Technician - Dispensing Services

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking to take your career to new heights? Whether you are looking for a change or career progression, we want to hear from you.

If you are looking for an opportunity to work for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - one of the leading Trusts in London, we might just have the role for you. We are on the lookout for driven Senior Pharmacy Technicians, to join our dynamic Pharmacy Team at Charing Cross Hospital
Our Pharmacy Dispensary Teams, offer a patient-centred dispensing service for our bustling wards and clinics. In this role you will be working alongside some of the best in the field, giving you the opportunity to learn and develop new ways of working!

As an Accuracy Checking accredited Senior Pharmacy Technician, you will be responsible for the providing a high quality and patient-centered Dispensary service to the wards and departments of ICHT. The successful candidate will be a key member of the Senior Team for Dispensing Services and will be responsible for the smooth running of the Dispensary. You will facilitate the timely supply of inpatient, clinic and discharge medication by coordinating the workflow and maintaining availability of stocked medication.

Ensuring compliance with our internal, Trust and national policies - you will uphold the high standards of the Pharmacy Department in leading by example and motivating colleagues to preserve our dynamic and reactive Dispensary services.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high quality, patient focused dispensing service to the wards and departments of the Trust, associated hospitals and the primary care sector.
• To ensure the timely supply of inpatient, discharge and clinic medication from the inpatient dispensary, including the dispensing and checking of controlled drugs and chemotherapy.
• To monitor stock levels and maintain good stock management, including investigating and rectifying stock discrepancies.
  To ensure that all staff working in the dispensary are appropriately trained. To ensure all staff have an understanding of the stores and distribution services to enable them to provide a weekend and out of hours service.
• To provide a high quality patient focused dispensing service to wards and departments of the Trust, Medical School, associated hospitals, community clinics and on-site research centres.
• To help ensure that service provision is flexible and responsive to customer needs.
• To ensure the quality and accuracy of information held on the pharmacy CMM computer system in relation to stock management
• To help audit the service against set standards and assist in the review of service provision
• To support, develop and monitor the progress of all technical staff working in the dispensary (both rotational and static staff)
• To act as an Educational Assessor/Supervisor for one or more units on the NVQ2 and NVQ3 training programme for pre-registration technicians and pharmacy assistants.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If this exciting opportunity appeals to you and you would like to know more please contact;

Neeraja Shajan, Lead Pharmacy Technician
Dispensing Services
0203 313 2655
Neeraja.shajan@nhs.net

Janie Woodcock, Dispensing Services Manager
0203 313 2655
janie.woodcock@nhs.net

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 (or recognised equivalent) in Pharmaceutical Services (or similar)
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Hold an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification (or be willing to work towards completion within 18 months of recruitment)

Desirable criteria

• A1/NVQ/AVA Assessor (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience working in a UK hospital pharmacy setting
• An understanding of all aspects and services provided by a UK hospital pharmacy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team leader/management experience

Desirable criteria

• Ward stock top up experience
• Training/inducting new members of staff in operational processes
• Collecting data for auditing purposes

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the roles and practice of pharmacy staff
• To adapt, support and implement changes to operations
• Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to quality customer care
• Good personal organisation and time management

Desirable criteria

• Experience in using CMM (previously JAC) pharmacy computer system
• Knowledge of automated dispensing systems (Omnicell Robot and CD cupboard)
• Experience dispensing and supplying oral chemotherapy medications using the ARIA computer system

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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, 544.3KB)
• FRF (PDF, 240.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)