Workforce Lead Pharmacy Technician - Technical and Support Staff
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-CC113-25
Site Goodmayes Hospital Town Ilford Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 10/04/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
Are you a dedicated and experienced pharmacy technician looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a passion for leadership, workforce development, and driving improvements in healthcare? If so, we want to hear from you!
As a Workforce Lead Pharmacy Technician, you will play a crucial role in shaping and enhancing the pharmacy workforce, ensuring that our team delivers high-quality patient care in line with NHS standards. You will lead initiatives to develop and upskill staff, promote a culture of continuous improvement, and support the implementation of training and development strategies.
Working alongside a counterpart Clinical Services Lead Pharmacy Technician and Workforce Development Lead Pharmacist, the post-holder will work in ward and dispensary environments, whilst also collaborating with partner organisations across North East London, to ensure all members of our Pharmacy Team have the skills necessary to take advantage of the opportunities available to them in the advancement of our profession.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be a GPhC registered pharmacy technician with a good knowledge of medicines optimisation and a passion for developing others and driving improvements in healthcare. Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills are required to deliver the key responsibilities of the post and experience in leadership, education or workforce development is advantageous.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage workforce development and training programmes for a variety of pharmacy staff, including Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Assistant Apprentices, and aspiring Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technicians.
* Design, deliver, and evaluate training programmes to ensure staff competencies are maintained and developed, in line with relevant regulatory and professional standards, including CQC requirements.
* Support recruitment, onboarding, and retention efforts within the pharmacy team and promote pharmacy as a career.
* Provide management, leadership, mentorship, and guidance to pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GPhC registered pharmacy technician and NVQ2
* Management and/or leadership course
* Educational supervisor course or equivalent
Experience
* Experience working in hospital and dispensary environments
* Experience working in mental health
Values
* Demonstration of trust values
* Demonstration of continued professional development
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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