Senior Pharmacy Technician - Quality Assurance
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the pharmacy department to appoint a Senior Pharmacy Technician for Quality Assurance (QA).
The post holder will be responsible for overseeing, co-ordinating and delivering a QA service to the pharmacy production unit and wider pharmacy service. The post holder will work closely with the pharmacy production team to ensure that the production unit is meeting the Good Manufacturing Practice requirements of a service working under a Section 10 exemption.
We aim to develop the knowledge and skills of our workforce to enable them to advance personally and professionally. Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is important to us. We are looking for individuals who are driven, resilient, passionate, and pro-active to join our busy team.
Flexible working opportunities will be available for this position.
Main duties of the job
A flavour of your day to day
* You will plan and implement a safe and effective pharmacy quality assurance service.
* Examining, recording and acting upon the results of operator validation tests and environmental monitoring tests.
* Recording activity within the production unit to national databases.
* Completing temperature monitoring of medicine storage locations.
* Responding to medication alerts and recalls issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
* Assessing unlicensed and imported medications for suitability to use.
* Preparing, reviewing and updating departmental policies and procedures.
* Developing and maintaining the pharmacy department electronic document management system.
* Participating in technician checking slots within the dispensary on a rostered basis.
* Participating in late and weekend working on a rostered basis.
Working for our organisation
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for main duties of role.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent qualification
* Nationally recognised Accuracy Checking qualification
* Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPHC
* Quality Assurance qualification
* Membership of Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
Experience and knowledge
* Demonstrable post-registration experience
* Extensive experience of working in hospital pharmacy
* Experience of supervising, mentoring, and supporting pharmacy staff
* Experience in training pharmacy staff to agreed standards
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Experience of working within pharmacy quality assurance
* Demonstrable knowledge of good manufacturing practice
* Understanding of good distribution practice
* Knowledge of relevant IT systems and electronic document management
* Knowledge of audit processes
* Experience of reporting results and outcomes within local and national systems
* Implementing new work-based initiatives
* Experience of pharmacy procurement systems
* Experience of working in a leadership capacity
Skills and abilities
* Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and digital)
* Team working (management and professional)
* Ability to maintain an organised and calm manner in a busy environment
* Ability to positively influence staff inside and outside of the department
* Ability to prioritise workload and achieve objectives within agreed deadlines.
* Good interpersonal skills
* Good level of IT knowledge, particularly MS applications.
* Ability to support members of the public and other health care workers in a professional manner
* Effective decision making and problem-solving skills
* Commitment to team and patient care
* Open to change and new initiatives
* Positive attitude towards self-development
* Effective time management
* Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes positive team working
* Shares information and good practice
* Treats others with courtesy and respect at all times
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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