Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-NEY-6855377-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blenheim House
- Town
- Leeds
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician and Support Staff Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Pharmacy Technician and Support Staff Lead to work in our innovative North East and Yorkshire School of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation.
The purpose of the Lead for Pharmacy Technician Training is to oversee and lead work on the development and delivery of workstreams specifically for the pharmacy technician and support staff workforce.
This work is underpinned by the need for a flexible, productive and affordable healthcare workforce that meets the needs of patients, reflecting evolving care pathways and the values set out in the NHS Constitution.
The post holder will coordinate a range of projects, from proof-of-concept work to integrating emerging workstreams with established programmes.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be working as part of the North East and Yorkshire Regional Pharmacy team but will be expected to work with NHSE’s National Pharmacy team and other relevant stakeholders across the system.
Achieving this will include:
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Engaging with senior stakeholders, developing and maintaining relationships with a range of key stakeholders (internal and external) across all programme areas, identifying areas of interdependency and forging links as appropriate e.g. employers and professional organisations.
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Working in partnership for multi-organisation ownership and accountability
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Managing projects at a regional level
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Deputising in senior stakeholder meetings, briefings, conferences, workshops and other forums as appropriate
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Running consultations and task and finish groups to understand system requirements
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Budget management
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There will be a need to demonstrate credibility across Arm’s Length Bodies, organisations and senior stakeholders as the impact of the programme will be far-reaching and high profile.
The successful applicant will be expected to travel across NEY region for regular meetings and events but will be based at a regional office of their choice.
This job description and person specification are only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Registered with the GPhC.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering and sustaining complex change with significant experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships.
- Knowledge of existing pre-registration and post-registration pharmacy technician training pathways.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring and reporting on performance drawing on complex information from a variety of sources.
- Experience of managing risks and reporting with experience of leading teams and influencing in the absence of a formal hierarchy.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the background and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciation of the implications of this in relation to workforce integration with a clear understanding of the UK healthcare education and training system and of the legislative and administrative issues around education and training of the healthcare workforce.
- Able to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Gibson
- Job title
- Head of School NEY
- Email address
- [email protected]
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