Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-MED-24-6754141
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Homecare and High-Cost Drugs
NHS AfC: Band 6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a stand alone paediatric hospital located on the outskirts of Liverpool with a national reputation for excellence. A dedicated team of pharmacists and technicians provide pharmacy services to a wide range of paediatric surgical and medical specialties. The pharmacy team are dynamic, innovative, caring, compassionate and work well together.
We have a new, exciting opportunity for an experienced GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician to take up a full time position of Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Homecare and High-Cost Drugs . You will join our committed and friendly team to support the delivery of a high quality paediatric medicines service to our patients. You will manage the maintenance and development of pharmacy homecare services and drive the high-cost drugs agenda within the trust.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
· To manage the maintenance and development of Homecare Services in line with national standards and guidelines and local policy and procedures.
· To line manage the Homecare Administrative team.
· To be the Lead Specialist Pharmacy Technician at Alder Hey for High-Cost Drugs (non-PbR drugs) in line with NHSE (NHS England) and ICB commissioning intentions, local policy and procedures to ensure safe, evidence based and cost-effective implementation and use/ cost saving initiatives related to expenditure from NHSE.
· To provide technical support to the Lead Pharmacist –Formulary and Procurement, and other relevant Specialist Clinical Pharmacists, on procurement and therapeutics relating to High-Cost Medicines.
See job description for further details
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To manage the maintenance and development of Homecare Services in line with national standards and guidelines and local policy and procedures.
· To line manage the Homecare Administrative team.
· To be the Lead Specialist Pharmacy Technician at Alder Hey for High-Cost Drugs (non-PbR drugs) in line with NHSE (NHS England) and ICB commissioning intentions, local policy and procedures to ensure safe, evidence based and cost-effective implementation and use/ cost saving initiatives related to expenditure from NHSE.
· To provide technical support to the Lead Pharmacist –Formulary and Procurement, and other relevant Specialist Clinical Pharmacists, on procurement and therapeutics relating to High-Cost Medicines.
See job description for further details
Person specification
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential criteria
- • NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills and BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- • Registered with the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council)
- • Extensive previous experience and knowledge of working in a hospital pharmacy environment
- • Demonstrated experience of supervising pharmacy technicians and assistants
- • Clear understanding of the role of the technician in pharmacy medicines finance services
- • Experience of data analysis and manipulation using Excel
- • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- • Good attention to detail and responsible attitude to quality and accuracy
Desirable criteria
- • BTEC Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
- • Experience of Paediatric Pharmacy
- • Previous experience of purchasing in pharmacy
- Knowledge of the homecare service
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
- Jennie McGuinness
- Job title
- Pharmacy Procurement / IT Systems Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01512933520
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