Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
Senior Pharmacy Technician Education, Training and Development Band 6
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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.
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.
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You will require/or be willing to work towards obtaining a National Vocational Qualification Assessor.
Responsibilities:
- 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 the Hospitals:
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.
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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.
About the Group:
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).
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Paul Elsender
Job title: Operational Site Lead
Email address: paul.elsender1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01522 573804
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