Specialist Governance Pharmacy Technician
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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 is dynamic, innovative, caring, compassionate, and works 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 to support the development and delivery of robust procedures to ensure the safe use of medicines for our patients both within the Pharmacy and in the wider Trust.
Main duties of the job
* 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.
About us
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, including mums, dads, brothers, and sisters.
Job responsibilities
* Develop education and training materials and support delivery of training to increase the capability of the 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
* NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent.
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
* Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technician (APTUK).
* Membership of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year.
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