Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contract ending on 31-July-2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-JH-EMF16162-B7
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 per annum - includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacy Technician – Education & Development
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a Senior Pharmacy Technician with a passion for education and development? Are you ready to take the next step in your career to develop our future Pharmacy workforce alongside your own leadership and management skills? If so, we would love to have you join us for this exciting opportunity as the Lead Pharmacy Technician - Education & Development (Maternity Cover - Fixed Term)
The Pharmacy Education & Development Team at the Royal Surrey actively seeks to innovate the delivery of training programmes, including developing and launching multi-sector training programmes for both trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. We are looking for a dynamic pharmacy technician to manage the education, training and development programmes for all pharmacy technical and support staff in the Trust. This opportunity is ideal for a dedicated and motivated senior pharmacy technician who has a keen interest and proven experience in providing education and development for others.
Working within the multi-disciplinary team is key to the post and we are seeking candidates with exemplary communication skills, who work with enthusiasm, can use their own initiative, show a willingness to learn and are keen for a new challenge.
If you are ambitious for the future of pharmacy and think you have the knowledge, skills, experience and enthusiasm for this post, then please do apply.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide an exciting opportunity to build relationships with stakeholders, both within the trust, regionally and nationally, to develop training programmes in line with national requirements. This is at an exciting time when the Royal Surrey is offering cross-sector training programmes for pharmacy trainees with the mental health, general practice and community pharmacy sectors.
The department is supportive of personal/career development, and you should be keen to continue your professional development.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Responsible for the development, provision and evaluation of pharmacy technician, assistant and support staff training programmes
- To support the training and development of pharmacy trainees in line with local, regional and national guidelines, personal development plans and service needs
- To support and supervise less experienced pharmacy technicians in the Department
- As a member of the Pharmacy Department, to ensure safe, effective, economical and timely pharmaceutical care for all patients receiving a pharmaceutical service from the department
- To manage the education, training and development programmes of all pharmacy technician, assistant and support staff in the Trust
- To lead, manage and administer the apprenticeship training for pharmacy technicians and assistants in the Trust
- To provide support and supervision to less experienced pharmacy technicians in the Department, including support through pharmacy accreditation schemes
- To keep the department up to date with training needs and opportunities and to inform the Principal Pharmacist - Education & Development of cost implications of future training needs
- To support the development, delivery and evaluation of education and training provided within the Department, within the Trust, as well as externally, to meet local, regional and national requirements.
- To participate in the ‘front-line’ provision of Pharmacy Services as appropriate and when required, including pharmacy clinical and dispensing services
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician NVQ / QCF Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) as recognised by the GPhC
- Current registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (or willing to undertake)
- Educational Supervisor Training (or willing to undertake)
- Evidenced records of commitment to Continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 Assessor qualification
- Other postgraduate qualifications relevant to pharmacy practice, such education & training qualifications
- Management Qualification
- Recognised Medicines Management/Optimisation Qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sharmini Balashanker
- Job title
- Appointing Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information, please contact Dr Sharmini Balashanker
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