An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered Pharmacy Technician to join our busy pharmacy team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT). We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Technical Team Leader to work in our clinical team. Primarily working on Royal and Broadgreen sites you will lead a ward based technical team focusing on services to the surgical division, to provide high quality medicines management for the Trust. You should have significant experience of working as a technician leader in a busy pharmacy environment, ideally with experience of clinical development projects. You will need to have excellent communication and team working skills. Leadership and ability to inspire your team will be required in this role to deliver the highest standard of patient centred care. If you are interested and have what we are looking for to apply, please feel free to get in touch and organise a visit to our department. You will work with our team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists to ensure an efficient clinical and supply service is provided to patients and our health care colleagues. The post will involve the supervision and development of the day-to-day running of the technical ward service. To maintain existing standards and procedures and to help ensure that sufficient technical pharmacy staff are available to always cover the core objectives of the clinical service. Be responsible for the scheduling of the daily workload and ensuring the training needs of staff working in the service are met. You will need to be well organised, able to work using your own initiative, enthusiastic and be pro-active to change. The role will provide an opportunity for you to develop by attending courses such as coaching development programmes and personal growth programmes. You will have effective communication skills to ensure day to day co-ordination of the ward service. This is a full time (37.5hrs) position based across LUHFT. The Pharmacy Department operates a 7-day service. The successful candidate will be required to participate in weekend, late night and bank holiday rotas. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf Follow us on Social Media: Facebook – Liverpool University Hospitals Careers Instagram - @LUHFTcareers Twitter - @LUHFTcareers Key Responsibilities Possesses knowledge across a range of pharmacy procedures and practises, underpinned by theoretical knowledge, experience and relevant practices. To support Dispensary and Ward Based Services in a safe and efficient manner to ensure operation in line with best practice. To co-ordinate all technical and support staff, organising work schedules and ensure that staff respond to the changing demands during the working day, ensuring an efficient skill mix. To manage the technical staff in the dispensary and on wards to provide a dispensing service involving assessment of medicines suitability of safe reuse. To plan the work to maximize efficiency in accordance with agreed priorities particularly to reduce delays at discharge. Participate in regular Senior Technical Team meetings and cascade to relevant technical and support staff groups. Anticipate changes in stock level requirements and liaise with Purchasing Manager to ensure that all stock levels are appropriate To deliver the patient counselling program for technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and student technicians. To counsel and educate patients and carers on the correct use of their medication and assess their understanding of the medicines prescribed. Delivery of dispensing activity to maintain skills including manipulation of raw materials for pharmaceutical extemporaneous preparations using laminar flow cabinets. To work alongside the pharmacy IT team in the management of automated storage systems. Clinical Responsibility To support the provision and development of a technical clinical pharmacy service as agreed with the Technical Services Manager. This will include; To deliver the Medication History Training program carried out by qualified technicians and pharmacists Challenging inappropriate prescribing Responsible for ensuring that medicines are available to meet the patient’s individual treatment needs in a safe and timely manner. Facilitate patient discharge in line with departmental procedures to ensure seamless pharmaceutical care across the primary/secondary care interface Use the Trusts incident reporting system to report any medication errors. Managerial/Leadership To work independently within appropriate guidelines, referring to manager when necessary. Management of technical and support staff; participate in appraisal, sickness absence, recruitment and selection decisions, departmental workload and allocation. Adhere to and promote the NHS code of conduct for managers and staff. In the absence of Technical Services Manager, represent the pharmacy service on relevant Trust and external committees Clinical Governance/Quality Ensure that Clinical Governance across medicines supply aspects of the pharmacy service is performed. To manage enquiries/complaints referring to a Senior Manager where appropriate Ensure technical and support staff are aware of their responsibilities under health and safety legislation and they are appropriately trained and provided with any necessary equipment to carry out their function. Ensure all ward based and dispensary technical and support staff comply with mandatory training requirements and professional registration. Education and training development To be responsible for the In-House training packages. Ensuring all relevant staff successfully complete as is required by department policies and procedures. To foster a culture of continuing professional education and vocational training of all technical and support staff. To deliver appropriate training within the Trust to medical staff and health care professionals Deliver education/training programmes to Trust employees, internal and external to the pharmacy department. Administration Responsibility Ensure that all rotas for operation of the service, including late night, weekend working and bank holidays are in place. Authorisation of annual leave for technical and support staff Manage the destruction and disposal of prescriptions with outside agencies in line with retention of paperwork guidance Research Carries out audits to identify good practice and potential service developments. Strategic role To form part of the senior technical management team within pharmacy, contributing to the strategic development of services and the new hospital. Organises service provision and strategic planning across the operational pharmacy service. HR Management Has knowledge of and works within guidance of all Trust HR policies and procedures Ensure in-house induction program is delivered to all new technical and support staff Ensure Trust policies on recruitment, attendance, equality and diversity, Health and Safety and other national legislation are followed and understood by the pharmacy technical and support staff. This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024