Description
Are you a driven and dynamic Pharmacy Technician looking to lead from the front and shape the future of medicines management? This is your opportunity to step into a pivotal role at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where innovation, leadership, and patient-centred care are at the heart of everything we do.
As our Lead Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Management, you'll be the engine behind the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and compassionate pharmacy services across our wards. You'll lead a team of Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians and Medicines Optimisation Assistants, ensuring patients receive the right medicines, at the right time, with the right support.
This isn't just a technical role - it's a leadership opportunity. You'll be mentoring staff, driving service improvements, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. From training new recruits and supporting electronic prescribing systems, to contributing to audits and shaping policy, your impact will be felt across the Trust.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and want to be part of something exciting, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
About us The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care for the people that we serve.
Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person Specification Essential
- Level 3 NVQ in Pharmacy Service Skills / BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science or Certificate of Higher Education in Pharmacy Technician Practice or equivalent
- Registration with the GPhC
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician or relevant equivalent
- AIMM accreditation or relevant equivalent
- Worked as a ward-based Medicines Management Technician
- CPD portfolio demonstrating competent pharmacy practice as a senior pharmacy technician
- Experience of supervising staff
Desirable
- Buttercups educational supervisor programme or similar supervisor training or working towards one
- Experience of developing and delivering staff education and training
- Experience of participating in Quality Improvement work
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