Chief Pharmacy Technician

Job responsibilities

Collaborate with the pharmacy leadership to deliver safe, effective, innovative, and cost-efficient, value for money pharmacy services.

Develop and evaluate services to meet national standards and best practice guidelines e.g. CQC

Address governance issues to improve quality and safety across pharmacy services

Oversee technical pharmacy services, ensuring medication safety, timely delivery, and compliance with Trust policies

Manage stock to align with patient needs, ensuring efficiency and minimising waste in accordance with Trust processes and procedureLead policy, service development, and quality improvement initiatives within the pharmacy department

Implement systems to provide accurate information on medicines to patients and support seamless transfer of care

Line manage a team. Responsible for people management including staff recruitment, training, performance management, supporting staff development to maintain a skilled, high quality workforce

Conduct audits, monitor prescribing activity, and use data to support cost-saving and compliance measures

Represent the Chief and/or Associate Chief Pharmacist in regional and national forums, contributing to best practice and leadership within the organisation

To be a positive role model and provide a high-profile level ofleadership whilst empowering others to deliver their objectivesand goals

To be proficient in the resolution of problems conflicting withservice delivery, deal with complaints or concerns in line withdepartmental, trust and national guidance

Lincolnshire Community Health Service requires all staff tosafeguard children, young people, and adults. All staff arerequired to access the organisational policies, also the LocalSafeguarding Children Board and the Local SafeguardingAdults Board policies and procedures that underpin thesafeguarding agenda. The safeguarding policies to befollowed are found atwww.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk and www.lincolnshire.gov.uk .LCHS policies, procedures, and guideline - It is a condition ofyour employment that as an employee you are expected toadhere to our policies, procedures, and guidelines. These can allbe found on the Trusts website.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Specialist knowledge educated to post graduate level or equivalent in a relevant medicine related subject or equivalent qualification
• NVQ level 3 / BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Project Management qualification
• Quality Improvement qualification
• Leadership qualification
• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Provide and receive complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication with all levels of staff and patients
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to independently problem solve in own work area and adapt and develop alternative processes

Desirable

• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Report writing skills
• Experience of working with various levels of healthcare professional and within Multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge
• Knowledge of all administrative processes related to the provision of the medicines management service
• Knowledge of Regulatory requirements and standards relating to medicines management
• Awareness of Equality & Valuing Diversity Principles
• Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act
• Knowledge of the audit process
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of medicines and Controlled Drug regulations

Experience

Essential

• Experience of project management
• Experience of quality improvement/service development
• Experience in the leadership of staff / teams
• Experience in senior pharmacy role
• Experience of working in medicine-related services e.g., community pharmacy, hospital dispensary or medicines management service.
• Experience of collecting, manipulating, and presenting data in appropriate format using Microsoft Office Word and Excel
• Experience of writing/reviewing policies and/or procedures

Desirable

• Experience of SystmOne clinical IT systems.
• Experience of working with ePACT data and the ePACT.net system

Special attributes / specific requirements

Essential

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the management of medicines within a variety of settings
• Experience of implementing change in clinical practice or service delivery to improve the quality of patient care
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
• Experience of developing creative, innovative pharmacy team roles

Desirable

• Experience of delivering successful cost improvement initiatives
• Experience of further development of team roles in the pharmacy team
• Effective project management skills with demonstrable ability to meet key targets and deadlines

Personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive, facilitative manner to bring about the required results
• Ability to motivate and enthuse staff reporting to the post holder and also other groups the post holder works with
• Ability to lead by example to ensure the team maintains the highest possible professional and ethical standards
• Ability to travel to different destinations for meeting requirements
• Work flexible hours as required
• Demonstrates Group values

Desirable

• Demonstration of the following: * Innovative thinking * Decisive nature * High level self-motivation and resilience * Ambition and drive * Agility and flexibility
• Supporting and empathetic to service and operational imperatives

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).