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Site: Royal Free Hospital
Town: Hampstead
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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The post holder will assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician - Patient Services in the delivery and development of an efficient dispensary service in line with CQC standards, demonstrating comprehensive communication and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Dispensary Manager, you will, in conjunction with the Chief Technician, provide a full and comprehensive dispensing service to supply medications for patients undergoing treatment and discharge medications within the hospital.
You will assist with the day-to-day running of services, management and development of staff, and service improvements within the Inpatient pharmacy at the Royal Free Hospital.
We are looking for a GPhC qualified technician who is ready to develop themselves further in the management of service provision and staff. You will be a qualified or nearly qualified accredited checking Technician with significant post-qualification hospital pharmacy experience. You would be familiar with JAC medicines management systems and automated robotic dispensing systems.
Experience in undertaking audits, writing procedures, and operational management would be an advantage.
You should have a confident, friendly, “can do” attitude and the ability to forge relationships with a wide range of staff to enhance the comprehensive, wide-ranging Pharmacy services we provide in this large teaching hospital Trust.
Given the expanded structure and nature of our Trust, there may be a need to visit on an occasional basis the Barnet and Chase Farm Pharmacy sites.
Working for our organisation
The Pharmacy departments of the Royal Free London NHS Trust are friendly, progressive, and expanding units dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this large, internationally renowned teaching hospital. Quality improvement and cost-effective, safe use of medicines is at the forefront of everything we do. We have over 300 staff working across the 3 sites in all areas of pharmacy. Pharmacy staff work across areas such as dispensary, stores, wards, outpatient clinics, satellite pharmacies, technical services, clinical trials, medicines advice service, and QC.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
* Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education and professional qualifications
* BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences (NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3) or equivalent
* CPPE or equivalent ACPT qualification or working towards
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* NVQ A1 workplace assessor award or Educational Supervisor
Experience
* Broad technical pharmaceutical knowledge relating to promotion of high quality, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines
* Previous experience working as a ward based technician
* Experience of medicines reconciliation
* Experience of expenditure reporting
* Experience of undertaking audits
* Experience of writing SOPs
* Previous assessable experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy Computer System (or equivalent)
* Experience of training and supervision
* Experience of project management
* Evidence of work in an operational management capacity
* Experience in recruitment and selection
* Experience of appraisals with feedback
Skills and aptitudes
* Broad understanding of the current issues in the NHS, especially in relation to pharmacy
* Demonstrate ability to plan, organise own workload
* Demonstrate ability to deal with conflict and complaints (with patients and staff of all levels).
* Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills (with patients and staff of all levels).
* Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
* Accredited to perform a final accuracy check on clinically screened prescriptions and requisitions
* Demonstrate proven ability to dispense accurately
* Demonstrate attention to detail
* Demonstrate proven ability to counsel and give advice to patients/carers on complex medications.
* Excellent understanding of computerised systems of stock control management.
* Demonstrate ability to work towards set procedures.
* Demonstrate ability to assess and train staff.
* Methodical methods of working and good decision-making skills.
* Demonstrate ability to cope under pressure and handle several tasks at once.
* Demonstrate initiative particularly in relation to problem solving and ability to implement new initiatives/changes whilst maintaining departmental standards.
* Understanding of clinical risk and clinical governance
* Understanding of how to undertake medicines reconciliation
* Understanding of stock control
* Demonstrate ability to meet and set deadlines.
* Ability to communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team
Personal qualities and attributes
* Ability to work in a stressful environment
* Maintains an ongoing CPD portfolio
Others
* Ability to work late duties, weekends and Bank Holidays as per rota
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Please note:
* Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
* Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Kelly Hopwood
Job title: Chief Pharmacy Technician - Patient Services
Email address: kelly.hopwood@nhs.net
Telephone number: 020 7472 6306
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