Senior Medicines optimisation pharmacy technician

Job summary

NHS Sussex ICB Medicines Optimisation team are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated pharmacy technicians with excellent interpersonal / IT skills and the ability to work with competing priorities and demand.

The key focus of the role will be to support the delivery of our medicines optimisation work plan. Working with stakeholders to optimise medicines to enhance prescribing quality, safety, patient concordance and resource utilisation.

Prior experience within this sector is not a requirement, however, understanding of NHS organisations and Primary Care in the context of the NHS is desirable. You will be provided with full training, close peer support and professional development to help you succeed in this varied and exciting role.

The successful candidate will contribute to the implementation of the ICB Medicines Optimisation Strategy and workplan to achieve high quality, safe, evidence based and cost-effective prescribing.

Main duties of the job

The key focus for this role will include:

- Providing leadership, support, and line management to the Sussex Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technicians in your place base

- Delivering medicines optimisation projects, mainly in primary care but extending across

the local health economy

- Supporting the development and delivery of medicines optimisation strategy through the

Area Prescribing Committee

- Ensuring work is underpinned by a strong governance framework

- The development and provision of timely and relevant intelligence based on robust data

- Actively seeking opportunities to communicate with stakeholders on medicines optimisation issues

The post holder will be able to work agilely as part of the organisations Smarter Working programme. This may include, but is not limited to, home and NHS Sussex offices around the county, though the post holder will be expected to travel within Sussex and neighbouring areas as required.

To apply for this position, you will need to be a registered Pharmacy Technician and on the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) register. Evidence of qualifications are required to be shown as part of the recruitment process.

About us

NHS Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome applications from these communities. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.

We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery.

We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Sussex ICB

Address

Sackville House

Brooks Close

Lewes

East Sussex

BN7 2FZ

Employer's website

https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Sussex ICB

Address

Sackville House

Brooks Close

Lewes

East Sussex

BN7 2FZ

Employer's website

https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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