Job summary
NOTE: Please be advised that the start date for the successful candidate is subject to deferment. The exact timing will be confirmed at offer stage

Pharmacy Technician
Base site - Lincoln County Hospital
Band 6
37.5 hours per week
08:45-17:15 Mon-Fri. 09:30-13:15 Sat, Sun and bank holidays
Contract type - Permanent

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Pharmacy Technician-Education, Training and Development based at Lincoln County Hospital.

The Pharmacy Departments within ULHT provide ward based, Dispensary, and Aseptic Dispensing Services to a range of general and specialist areas including Admissions Unit, General Medical and Surgical, Haematology and Oncology and Critical Care wards. We have a good integrated team of Clinical Pharmacists, Technicians and Support Workers and there is a supportive Pharmacy Education and Training team.

This post will be based at Lincoln County Hospital but the successful applicant may need to travel to other sites within the Group. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the existing Weekend and Bank Holiday Rotas within the Pharmacy Dispensary.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Training and Education Pharmacy Technician or an experienced Pharmacy Technician who is looking to develop, with appropriate support, into this role

You will need to have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be confident speaking to patients, nursing staff, prescribers and other health care staff. You will be involved in design, and writing induction and appropriate training packages for new staff in liaison with Advanced Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Training and Development, to induct and train all new Pre-Registration Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Pre-registration trainee Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Support workers, Locums and new Pharmacists to competency in Inpatient dispensary Services as appropriate

You will require/or be willing to work towards obtaining a National Vocational Qualification Assessor.

To audit the documentation & recording of induction training and performance monitoring indicators

To identify and inform managers of Clinical Governance Risks, service development, medicines management /optimisation and Health and Safety issues.

Initial assessment and training of Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technicians and bi-annually assess competence of Accuracy Checking pharmacy technicians and carry out assessments of competence of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and Pharmacists as required.

About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ/BTEC in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
• Registration as a pharmacy technician with GPhC
• A1/A2 Assessor (D32/D33)

Desirable

• Health and Safety Training Certificate
• Managerial qualification
• Teaching Qualification (eg. City and Guilds 7470)
• V1 (D34)

Previous experience

• Minimum 5 years experience working as a technician in hospital pharmacy.
• Reflects on own practice and undertakes CPD

Desirable

• Experience of training and mentoring staff.

Evidence of knowledge, skills and aptitudes

• Designated Checking Technician
• Able to work unsupervised
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Good broad understanding of current hospital Pharmacy practice and the NHS

Desirable

• Computer and IT skills
• Good knowledge of Pre-Reg Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician and Assistant training programmes.

Specific requirements

• Able to travel between sites
• Self confident, team player
• Pride in establishing and maintaining high standards of work
• Adaptable to change

Desirable

• Knowledge and ability to complete risk assessments

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lincoln County Hospital, Sewell Road, Lincoln, LN25QY
Employer's website: https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Operational Site Lead: Paul Elsender
paul.elsender1@nhs.net
01522573804