Job Overview
Due to progression of the current post holder, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated pharmacy technician to join our well-respected Theatres and Adult Critical Care pharmacy team.

The successful candidate will become an integral member of our friendly, multi-disciplinary team, providing invaluable support to both specialist pharmacists and medicines management assistants, helping to optimise medications management within these areas.

The role will predominately support the provision of a medicines service across all NUH Theatres and theatre recovery areas. The post holder will also be trained to work across Adult Critical Care and the Enhanced Peri-operative Care Units (EPOC) cross-campus.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for an ambitious clinical technician to enhance patient care and develop their own skills in these dynamic and fast paced areas. Training will be provided to support the post holder to complete required NUH MMT validations if not already held.

Main duties of the job

• To manage an efficient, safe and effective medicines service to all Theatres and Theatre recovery areas across the NUH footprint
• To liaise with Theatres Governance team and support DATIX incident investigations
• To manage the service of Controlled Drug supply across the theatres complex, tracking missing signatures, noting any safety concerns and educating operating department staff.
• To line manage Medicines Management Assistants which may include supporting them through NVQ2 and NVQ 3 courses as needed.
• Take accurate and comprehensive drug histories for patients within the Critical Care and post-operative setting.
• Communicate effectively, clearly and concisely complex or sensitive information to a wide range of staff, healthcare professionals and patients where there may be barriers to communication.
• Check patients own medicines for suitability for use on admission and at discharge
• Ensure the timely supply of individual patient's medication.
• Liaise with the pharmacy procurement team, to support the management of drug supply issues/ national shortages relevant to critical care , EPOC and theatres.
• Oversee the management of the automated medicines storage cabinets by MMAs.

The post holder will be expected to work at Queens Medical Centre, City Campus and Nottingham Treatment Centre.

About NUH
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.

We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.

Job responsibilities
Please fully review the attached job description and person specification for the responsibilities of the role.

The postholder will be expected to participate in departmental weekend, bank holiday and late duty working as required. At the time of advertising, new post holders are required to work 1 in 4 weekends (1 full day or 2 half days).

The current working hours are either 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm

(if alternative working hours are required please add details to the application form)

Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical services or equivalent
• General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy technician
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).

Desirable

• Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (Accredited or proof of in-house training)

Experience
Essential

• Experience of completing medicines optimisation tasks, predicting stock usage, adapting stock levels and non-stock requests.
• Proven knowledge and experience in using computer labelling and stock control systems within hospital pharmacy
• Can demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative but know limits of their authority and knowledge.

Desirable

• Previous experience in all core aspects of hospital pharmacy
• Previous experience of line management responsibilities

Communication and relationship skills
Essential

• To communicate effectively, clearly and concisely complex or sensitive information relative to medicine management back to patients, staff and colleagues
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients

Desirable

• Adaptable to change

Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential

• Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Demonstrates competency under pressure

Desirable

• Evidence of project work

Planning and organisation skills
Essential

• Experience in organising workload to meet pharmacy services and patients' needs
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others
• Approachable

Desirable

• Leadership skills

Physical skills
Essential

• Competent ICT skills
• Ability to undertake manual handling tasks

Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential

• Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management.
• Proven experience in problem solving
• Demonstrates competency under pressure

Desirable

• Experience in data collection, activities and analysis

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).