Job summary
The Royal London Hospital is looking for an experienced Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our newly established TTA Optimisation Team. This role is vital for enhancing the quality and speed of discharge medication processes, ensuring our patients receive the best possible care.
Main duties of the job
- TTA Coordination: Oversee the coordination and processing of TTA prescriptions, ensuring compliance with local and national guidelines.
- Supervision: Provide guidance and supervision to pharmacy assistants and trainees, fostering their development and ensuring a high standard of service.
- Quality Improvement: Identify inefficiencies and contribute to the continuous improvement of TTA services by implementing local solutions and supporting new initiatives.
- Training and Development: Train and develop junior staff, maintaining high performance and accountability within the team.
- Audit Participation: Support departmental audits and quality assurance processes to maintain compliance with regulatory standards.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience working as a registered pharmacy technician in a hospital.
- oProven experience supporting or delivering discharge medication services, including TTAs or dosette boxes.
- oSupervisory experience, including allocation of daily tasks and performance feedback.
- oProficiency in dispensing, accuracy checking (if accredited), and stock control processes.
- oExperience with medicines reconciliation, POD assessment, and ward-based services relevant to discharge.
- oExperience communicating with patients, families, and clinical staff under time pressure.
Desirable
- oExperience leading or participating in quality improvement projects related to discharge or medicines optimisation.
- oExperience training and developing pharmacy assistants, PTPTs, or rotational staff.
- oFamiliarity with supporting audits or KPI monitoring (e.g. turnaround times, CD compliance).
- oExperience with robot-supported dispensing systems.
Knowledge
Essential
- oGood understanding of the medicines management process, particularly in relation to discharge.
- oFamiliarity with CD regulations, GPhC standards, and safe and secure handling of medicines.
- oAwareness principles of cost-effective use of medicines.
- oKnowledge of POD schemes and one-stop dispensing.
- oUnderstanding of the importance of SOPs, KPIs, and audit in quality improvement.
Desirable
- oUnderstanding of how TTA services contribute to patient flow and bed management.
- oAwareness of discharge barriers and the pharmacist-technician interface in a hub-based model.
- oKnowledge of the specific requirements for supplying medicines to complex discharges (e.g. patients with dosette boxes or cognitive impairments).
Qualifications
Essential
- oBTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
- oRegistered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- oAccredited Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT).
Desirable
- oHEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation or equivalent.
- oPractice Supervisor or Train the Trainer qualification.
- oILM Level 2/3 in Leadership and Management or equivalent.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience working as a registered pharmacy technician in a hospital.
- oProven experience supporting or delivering discharge medication services, including TTAs or dosette boxes.
- oSupervisory experience, including allocation of daily tasks and performance feedback.
- oProficiency in dispensing, accuracy checking (if accredited), and stock control processes.
- oExperience with medicines reconciliation, POD assessment, and ward-based services relevant to discharge.
- oExperience communicating with patients, families, and clinical staff under time pressure.
Desirable
- oExperience leading or participating in quality improvement projects related to discharge or medicines optimisation.
- oExperience training and developing pharmacy assistants, PTPTs, or rotational staff.
- oFamiliarity with supporting audits or KPI monitoring (e.g. turnaround times, CD compliance).
- oExperience with robot-supported dispensing systems.
Knowledge
Essential
- oGood understanding of the medicines management process, particularly in relation to discharge.
- oFamiliarity with CD regulations, GPhC standards, and safe and secure handling of medicines.
- oAwareness principles of cost-effective use of medicines.
- oKnowledge of POD schemes and one-stop dispensing.
- oUnderstanding of the importance of SOPs, KPIs, and audit in quality improvement.
Desirable
- oUnderstanding of how TTA services contribute to patient flow and bed management.
- oAwareness of discharge barriers and the pharmacist-technician interface in a hub-based model.
- oKnowledge of the specific requirements for supplying medicines to complex discharges (e.g. patients with dosette boxes or cognitive impairments).
Qualifications
Essential
- oBTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
- oRegistered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- oAccredited Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT).
Desirable
- oHEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation or equivalent.
- oPractice Supervisor or Train the Trainer qualification.
- oILM Level 2/3 in Leadership and Management or equivalent.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
