Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and organised Pharmacy Technician with an interest in controlled drug (CD) governance to join our Pharmacy Medicines Safety, Optimisation and Governance Team at LUHFT.This postholder will work within the pharmacy medicines safety team with an emphasis on controlled drug (CD) management, taking lead responsibility for key aspects of the work programme to improve compliance with CD and medicines storage standards. Medicines safety and improvement is our priority. We are looking for a committed technician with excellent communication skills to work within multidisciplinary teams, providing specialist advice and guidance to improve the management of medicines in pharmacy and across the Trust.
The growing Pharmacy Medicines Safety team is friendly, supportive, and patient safety is at the heart of everything we do. The Pharmacy Department is large, innovative, and ever developing with lots of opportunities to progress.
As the successful candidate you would be responsible for supporting the Pharmacy Medicines Safety Team with the development and implementation appropriate systems and processes to evaluate and improve practice, utilising a range of quality improvement techniques. With the above-mentioned emphasis on CD governance.
Extensive experience and knowledge working as a registered pharmacy technician in a hospital pharmacy are key for this post to support delivery of the best quality and safest care to patients.
Main duties of the job
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Lead action to improve compliance with controlled drug and medicines storage standards in line with legislation, in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist/Technician Medicines Safety.
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Pro-active identification, resolution and escalation of clinical governance/risk management issues relating to medicines management within the pharmacy department and Trust wide
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Design, undertake and support delivery of required outcomes from audit, improvement and research projects.
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Develop standardized medicines incident reporting, including analysis and co-ordinating appropriate narrative for Trust reports.
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Through education, training and communication raise awareness and upskill staff to ensure best practice in all aspects of pharmacy and medicines management.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead for coordinating action across the Trust to improve compliance with controlled drugs and medicines storage standards in line with legislation, in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist/Technician Medicines Safety. This role will be responsible for:
- Provision of specialist advice, tools and upskilling of pharmacy/multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust to enable them to address safe storage requirements when clinical areas are moved/re-designed.
- Developing and undertaking audits to assess compliance with CDs and storage standards for controlled drugs and other medicines; and engaging teams Trust-wide to improve practice.
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Act as a point of contact and resource for pharmacy, medicines management and storage issues, audit and improvement projects, and health and safety.
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Support the Divisional/Trust governance leads in recording, monitoring and feeding back on safety issues, incidents (clinical and non-clinical) and risks within the Division.
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Represent the medicines safety team at Trust meetings and at relevant pharmacy department section meetings to provide specialist safety and quality guidance and ensure best practice.
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Undertake medicines safety incident investigations within pharmacy, developing appropriate preventative actions and lessons learned.
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Support the reporting of clinical and non-clinical incidents and near misses across the organisation.
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Assist in the development of a just and learning culture by engaging managers and staff to identify system failures which contribute to incidents.
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Make a significant contribution to the development of medicines safety improvement strategies and annual plans.
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Design and undertake audit, research and improvement projects within the Department/Trust wide. Collecting, interpreting and analysing data; developing improvement actions; engaging stakeholders and evaluating effectiveness.
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Initiate service/quality improvement ideas and play a key role in generating a culture of continual improvement within the department.
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Support actions in response to National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) alerts and notices and ensure that responses are provided to required timelines.
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Deputise for Lead Pharmacist/Technician Medicines Safety to ensure the medicines safety agenda is delivered in line with trust priorities and timelines.
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Represent the Pharmacy Department in Trust-wide meetings and provide specialist guidance, to ensure high standards of governance are consistently practiced
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead for coordinating action across the Trust to improve compliance with controlled drugs and medicines storage standards in line with legislation, in liaison with the Lead Pharmacist/Technician Medicines Safety. This role will be responsible for:
- Provision of specialist advice, tools and upskilling of pharmacy/multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust to enable them to address safe storage requirements when clinical areas are moved/re-designed.
- Developing and undertaking audits to assess compliance with CDs and storage standards for controlled drugs and other medicines; and engaging teams Trust-wide to improve practice.
-
Act as a point of contact and resource for pharmacy, medicines management and storage issues, audit and improvement projects, and health and safety.
-
Support the Divisional/Trust governance leads in recording, monitoring and feeding back on safety issues, incidents (clinical and non-clinical) and risks within the Division.
-
Represent the medicines safety team at Trust meetings and at relevant pharmacy department section meetings to provide specialist safety and quality guidance and ensure best practice.
-
Undertake medicines safety incident investigations within pharmacy, developing appropriate preventative actions and lessons learned.
-
Support the reporting of clinical and non-clinical incidents and near misses across the organisation.
-
Assist in the development of a just and learning culture by engaging managers and staff to identify system failures which contribute to incidents.
-
Make a significant contribution to the development of medicines safety improvement strategies and annual plans.
-
Design and undertake audit, research and improvement projects within the Department/Trust wide. Collecting, interpreting and analysing data; developing improvement actions; engaging stakeholders and evaluating effectiveness.
-
Initiate service/quality improvement ideas and play a key role in generating a culture of continual improvement within the department.
-
Support actions in response to National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) alerts and notices and ensure that responses are provided to required timelines.
-
Deputise for Lead Pharmacist/Technician Medicines Safety to ensure the medicines safety agenda is delivered in line with trust priorities and timelines.
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Represent the Pharmacy Department in Trust-wide meetings and provide specialist guidance, to ensure high standards of governance are consistently practiced
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Accredited accuracy checker
- Extensive experience working as a qualified Pharmacy Technician, including in a leadership role.
- Significant previous experience and knowledge of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience with designing and delivering training for different staff groups
- Experience in writing and reviewing policies, procedures and guidance by interpreting national legislation, policy and guidance
- Experience with medicines safety/clinical governance work
Desirable
- Leadership/management qualification
- Quality improvement qualification or demonstrable training
- Experience of designing, undertaking and supervising audits and service evaluation projects, including developing improvement plans
- Experience of writing business cases and options appraisals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
- Advanced skills in presenting information utilising a range of applications
- Comprehensive understanding of Microsoft packages, including as minimum Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Accurate and methodical with good attention to detail
Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent)
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Accredited accuracy checker
- Extensive experience working as a qualified Pharmacy Technician, including in a leadership role.
- Significant previous experience and knowledge of working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience with designing and delivering training for different staff groups
- Experience in writing and reviewing policies, procedures and guidance by interpreting national legislation, policy and guidance
- Experience with medicines safety/clinical governance work
Desirable
- Leadership/management qualification
- Quality improvement qualification or demonstrable training
- Experience of designing, undertaking and supervising audits and service evaluation projects, including developing improvement plans
- Experience of writing business cases and options appraisals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Desirable
- Advanced skills in presenting information utilising a range of applications
- Comprehensive understanding of Microsoft packages, including as minimum Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Accurate and methodical with good attention to detail
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).
