Senior Pharmacy Technician

1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term 12 Months

We are seeking a dynamic and ambitious Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly and progressive Pharmacy team at Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust—the largest NHS Trust in the UK.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual who is eager to grow, develop, and contribute to high-quality patient care. You will play an essential role in supporting our medicines management service on the wards and providing key leadership within the dispensary.

As a Senior Pharmacy Technician, You Will

• Provide ward-based medicines management support
• Contribute to dispensary operations, including management support
• Take part in project work to improve patient care and service efficiency
• Act as a mentor to Trainee Pharmacy Assistants, Rotational Foundation Pharmacy Technicians, and Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians
• Demonstrate strong leadership to support the development of the pharmacy workforce
  
  

Applicants Must Have

• BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification

Previous hospital or community pharmacy experience

Experience in management or leadership roles

If you would like any further details, please contact: Lucie Lea 02085395522 ext 25729/25569 or via e-mail: lucie.lea@nhs.net

The post holder will support to manage a team of pharmacy assistants and trainee pharmacy assistants. They will deliver patient focused, quality care, based at Whipps Cross University Hospital.

To enable pharmacy to have patients’ needs at the center of the service, the post holder will be moving away from a traditional dispensary and medicines management services delivery model by utilising skills and knowledge from both areas to become one multi skilled team in all aspects of pharmacy service delivery – dispensary and medicine management services. They will jointly work on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimization as well as support the management of dispensary on rotational basis.

The post holder will also support the effective management of the team, by:

• Monitoring and reporting Key Performances Indicators (KPI’s)

Training and developing staff

Maintain and auditing the management of controlled drugs, FP10 and stock control

Co-coordinating pharmacy specific audits

Implementing and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Supporting ward based dispensing programs such as dispensing satellite areas

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a

sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lucie Lea Job title: Site Lead Pharmacy Technician Email address: lucie.lea@nhs.net