Lead Pharmacy Technician - Theatres & Elective General Surgery

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician - Theatres & Elective General Surgery to join our Pharmacy Department at Wye Valley NHS Trust. Working closely with senior pharmacists and the multidisciplinary team, you will deliver and develop a high-quality ward-based clinical pharmacy service, including medicines reconciliation, therapeutic monitoring, medicines supply, final accuracy checking and patient counselling. You will also lead and support junior colleagues, help manage the day-to-day service, monitor performance and use audit, innovation and continuous improvement to advance the pharmacy technician role. Applicants must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, hold an NVQ Level 3 and/or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science and an Accuracy Checking Technician qualification, and have significant relevant clinical and ward-based pharmacy experience. If you are patient focused, approachable and passionate about developing people and services, we would be delighted to receive your

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Pharmacist's for the Surgical Division to provide a comprehensive ward based, clinical service to the Surgical Division specifically the Theatres & Critical Care Directorate and Elective General Surgery. The role will include taking medicines histories and completing medicines reconciliation, carrying out therapeutic drug monitoring, making therapeutic interventions within scope of practice, supply of medicines, final checking of medicines and counselling patients. In addition management responsibilities will include line management of junior staff, assisting with the day to day running of the service and monitoring performance, of the service.

The role will also involve making continuous improvements to the service using innovative techniques to develop the technician role and integrating completely in the multi-disciplinary team. There will also be operational commitment to the Pharmacy service weekends and Bank Holidays on a formal rota

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

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Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician/Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
• Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification
• Achieved Accredited MM/Medicines Optimisation qualification or willingness to complete if not already achieved
• Level 4 Clinical Diploma or willingness to complete if not already achieved

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Communicate effectively to all levels of staff
• IT Literate in routine Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc)
• Extensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy and ward-based working
• High degree of self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to present information concisely and clearly
• Ability to problem solve within scope of practice
• Ability to communicate with senior decision makers
• Knowledge and understanding of basic management principles including team management and motivation
• Knowledge and skills to mentor and develop staff

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate relevant post registration knowledge, skills and experience
• Writing SOPs
• Development of consistent service through KPI and intervention reporting across PCN's

Desirable

• Involvement in leadership and project delivery

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Approachable
• Confident and motivational
• Completer/Finisher
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Professional role model
• Ability to identify and deliver on innovative best practice
• Patient focused