Senior Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Lead
We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced pharmacy technician to join our friendly and enthusiastic pharmacy team managing the dispensary.
This is an ideal post for an enthusiastic, committed and self-motivated technician with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
As the Dispensary Manager, you will be working closely with the Principal Oncology Pharmacist and other senior staff to lead and develop dispensary services at Maidstone Hospital. You will be a role model and lead the team by example. You will also be responsible for coordinating activities within our technician-led dispensary, and effectively managing our team of technicians, accredited checking technicians, dispensing assistants, and trainees.
As a Pharmacy team, we aim to provide the best possible service for all of our patients and hospital staff. You will be trained to use our dispensing system (WellSky). Other training will include Practice Supervisor and leadership training.
Main duties of the job
If you thrive on working in a busy and friendly environment, are keen to develop staff supervision and leadership skills, and are looking for the next step in your career development, then this could be the post for you!
You will be someone who understands the importance of the Pharmacy Technician role within Pharmacy, who is passionate about Pharmacy, Healthcare, providing patient-centered care, and upholding the GPhC professional standards.
Our core working hours are 08:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the voluntary bank holiday services.
You will be a professionally qualified Pharmacy Technician holding either the BTEC or NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Services, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and be a qualified Accuracy Checking Technician (ACT).
About us
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organization, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed, you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date, which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science and/or NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* National/Regional accreditation in Accuracy Checking
* NVQ A1 workplace assessor award, PS or equivalent
* National/regional accreditation in Medicines Management
* Member of APTUK
Experience
* Experience of supervising staff in a dispensary environment
* Good understanding of pharmacology and therapeutics
* Experience in training staff
* Experience of working in a busy and demanding environment
* Understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and their influence on current practice
Skills
* Good oral and written communication skills
* Ability to plan, prioritize and organize workload and refer problems as necessary
* Effective customer service skills - able to work to meet the needs of customers of the department
* Good word processing and IT skills
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.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata
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