Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technician
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 082-PST008-0724
- Employer
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Location to be confirmed
- Town
- TBC - Posts will be within ; CVUHB ABUHB CTMUHB HDUHB
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Regional Lead -Pharmacy Technician Education, Training & Development
Band 6
Job overview
4 x 22.5 Hours per week
HEIW have an exciting opportunity for 4 individuals to join the Pharmacy Technician team as Regional Leads for Pharmacy Technician Education Training and Development.
The 4 posts will support Pharmacy Technician Education and training across the South and South-West of Wales with the successful candidates being allocated to one of the following health boards
Aneurin Bevan
Cardiff & Vale | Velindre
Cwm Taff
Swansea Bay
Hywel Dda
The post holder will undertake regular travel within their allocated health board area, which will include visits to learners, facilitating study days and carrying out assessments within the health board region. In addition, there may be an occasional requirement to support learners, training events and assessments within other Health Board regions including Powys Teaching Health Board and North Wales and the need to travel to Ty -Dysgu and to South East Wales to support central All Wales events.
Joining the HEIW Pharmacy team at an exciting time for the Pharmacy workforce, the role holder will work in partnership across the profession to develop the Pharmacy Technician and Support Staff workforce.
Responsibilities of the post will include, managing the delivery of pharmacy technician and support staff training events, coordinating a regional approach to pharmacy technician and support staff education, training & development and managing assessment and quality assurance of training programmes.
Main duties of the job
The Regional Lead for Pharmacy Technician Education Training & Development will hold a professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as well as having significant experience of delivering education and training programmes.
Main duties of the job
- Apply technical expertise and specialist assessment and quality assurance knowledge to manage the delivery of pre and post pharmacy technician and support staff education, training and development, including standardisation and quality assurance.
- Manage the regional delivery of pharmacy technician training events including standardisation and quality assurance.
- Co-ordinate a regional approach to technician education, training and development, contributing to the provision of quality assured services delivered by pharmacy technicians to pharmacy service users.
- Work in partnership with education, training and development leads and pharmacy employers to ensure consistency, standardisation, and quality assurance of pre and post registration pharmacy technician training programmes throughout Wales.
- Work in partnership with pharmacist regional co-ordinators to manage the delivery and development of education, training, and development resources for pharmacy technicians.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical council (GPhC)
- Degree or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through training Or BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent qualification.
- Level 3 Vocational Assessor qualification or commitment to complete within 18 months (e.g., D32, D33, A1, TAQA or equivalent)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Education and training qualification
- Management qualification
- Level 4 Internal Quality Assurer / verifier qualification (D34, V1, TAQA IQA or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of pre and post registration pharmacy technician training programmes.
- Experience of delivering education and training programmes
- Evidence of stakeholder facing experience.
- Experience of working to and achieving tight deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a range of health care settings.
- Experience of managing education and training programmes to pre and post registration pharmacy technicians
- Experience of delivering training programmes to other health care professionals
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Understands assessment and quality assurance
- Demonstrates ability to solve complex problems as indicated in the job description.
- Demonstrates ability to input into the management of change
- Demonstrates ability to motivate self and others
- Understanding of all Microsoft Office packages
- Role model for pharmacy technician profession
Desirable criteria
- Project management
- Demonstrates service improvement.
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Good presentation skills including the ability to Use PowerPoint and other media
Other
Essential criteria
- Role model for pharmacy technician profession
- Ability to travel to sites within Wales.
- Ability to work unsupervised and in a team
- Reliable
- Self-motivated
- Flexible and enthusiastic approach to work
- Team player
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Yeates
- Job title
- Business Manager Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
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