Following an internal reorganisation, an exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for an exceptional pharmacy technician to manage the busy production units on a rotation basis at University College Hospital. You will need to be registered with the GPhC, with substantial post-qualification pharmacy practice experience including extensive post-qualification work in a team leader role in a hospital Pharmacy sterile unit.
Main duties of the job
As the Lead Pharmacy Technician, you will provide excellent leadership to a range of technical staff working in the unit. Good people skills, an excellent working knowledge of GMP, Good Stock Control Practice, and sound dispensing skills are essential. The production team is friendly and extremely hard-working, managing a busy TPN/CIVAS and chemotherapy service, which produces around 50,000 doses per annum. You will need to cope with busy workloads, maintain high standards of accuracy and precision, help plan and schedule work, as well as build excellent relationships with other members of the production team. The post holder will also have an exciting opportunity to get involved in the management of our brand-new advanced therapy services due to go live in June 2025.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Technician with the GPhC
* NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent)
* Working knowledge of Beanie Guide and Orange Guide
Desirable
* Team Leader / management qualification
* NVQ A1 workplace assessor award or Educational Supervisor trained, Practice Supervisor trained or working towards
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate substantial post-qualification pharmacy practice experience.
* Previous experience of post-qualification work as a team leader or operational management capacity in a hospital Pharmacy sterile/production unit.
* Demonstrated ability of managing audit and project work
* Demonstrated ability to write and implement SOPs
* Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
* Demonstrated ability to solve problems and identify whole team solutions.
* Ability to work accurately under pressure and maintain quality standards.
* Ability to manage change
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills
* Flexibility with length of working day to meet the needs of the service.
* Demonstrates a whole-system patient-focused approach.
* Demonstrates ability to achieve desired outcomes in the face of diverse unavoidable pressures.
* Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to practice, and respects confidentiality.
* Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
Communication
Essential
* Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding.
Personal and People Development
Essential
* Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop a team.
* Previous experience of performance management
* Demonstrated experience of recruitment and selection of staff
* Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and review competency-based training assessment
* Ensures own training needs, and those of others are identified & met
* Demonstrated ability to support CPD and Revalidation
* Commitment to maintaining own fitness to practice.
* Ability to mentor and develop support staff.
* Experience of conducting appraisals and developing Personal Development Plans
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Essential
* Demonstrable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:
Essential
* Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
* Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
* Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
* Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.
Specific Requirements
Essential
* The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
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