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    Pharmacy Technician – Governance and Controlled Drugs - Ipswich, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

    East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
    East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Ipswich, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Job summary

    Due to the retirement of the current post-holder, we have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician passionate about medicines governance to join us as a key member of the Pharmacy Team. This post is up to full time hours per week, we would accept part time with a minimum 30 hours per week, and based at Ipswich Hospital however you will be required to travel to Colchester Hospital.

    You will support pharmacy and medicines governance across the organisation working closely with the Chief Pharmacist (Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer) to ensure the safe management of controlled drugs. Being able to develop strong working relationships with key individuals across the organisation as a "critical friend" is essential for this role. You will also need good time management skills along with being able to prioritise your workload.

    In addition you will also play an important role supporting robust oversight of pharmacy governance including regulatory compliance. This will involve working with all areas of the Pharmacy will also be expected to undertake a clinical pharmacy role.

    About our Pharmacy Service

    Main duties of the job

    You will be a key member of the pharmacy department and will support pharmacy and medicines governance.

    You will assist the Trust Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer (CDAO) in the safe management of controlled drugs ensuring compliance with licences and legislation trust-wide.

    You will also assist the department management by supporting the pharmacy governance systems.

    You will also have a role as a clinical pharmacy technician delivering medicines optimisation pharmacy service to hospital ward(s).

    About us

    We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

    We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

    We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

    Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

    Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

    We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

    If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
  • GPhC registered pharmacy technician
  • Medicines Management Qualification
  • Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

    • Desirable

  • Formal management/leadership training
  • Investigation training

    • Experience

    Essential

  • Adequate Experience working as a pharmacy technician within the hospital setting
  • Experience in audit
  • Experience of writing Standard Operating Procedures

    • Desirable

  • Wide experience of being involved in multidisciplinary activity
  • Clinical pharmacy working in a hospital setting
  • Experience of using quality improvement methodology
  • Experience of project management
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