Senior Pharmacy Technician -Homecare

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE – Supporting Britain\’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more – Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated pharmacy technician to join the well established homecare team at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust ( CHFT). You will work closely with the lead pharmacist to continue to develop homecare services within CHFT in this growing service. The post holder will work with key stakeholders including finance, clinical teams , internal pharmacy teams , homecare companies and commissioners in the management and development of homecare services.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and develop the homecare medicines service for CHFT in line with the Department of Health\’s strategy \”Homecare Medicines: Towards a vision for the future\” and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain standards.
• Be responsible for the purchase of homecare medicines and related equipment and the accurate payment of invoices.
• Be responsible for the day to day management of homecare medicines supply dispensing services including training and assessment of technical staff to maximise efficiency and
  effectiveness.
• Monitor and report service performance of homecare contracts in conjunction with clinical teams

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients\’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children\’s and young people\’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To coordinate and be the point of contact within the trust for homecare medicines for homecare companies, pharmacists, clinicians, purchasers, contracting and finance.
• Acts as professional secretary to all homecare related meetings and project groups.
• To ensure compliance with statuary regulations and current homecare medicines management guidance.
• Liaising with senior pharmacists, propose and coordinate the implementation of new homecare services.
• To forge links with other pharmacy homecare service providers to share best practice and contribute to homecare medicines management and policy.
• Work independently to produce and update SOP\’s and other policies/documents that relate to the homecare service.
• Be responsible for the health and safety of the service, ensuring that COSHH regulations are observed.
• Liaise with procurement and regional services to ensure contracts and service level agreements are in place for homecare services.
• Communicate and resolve sourcing problems, contract changes and price issues.
• Prioritise own unpredictable workload independently and support other members of the pharmacy homecare team in the prioritisation of their workloads.
• Liaise with other pharmacy staff to ensure that the clinical requirements of homecare purchasing are met.
• Ensure accurate documentation of all homecare records with attention to detail, including the management of the homecare database (patient identifiable sensitive information)
  shared between finance department and pharmacy.
• Promote the pharmacy homecare service, seeking new users and championing the service and contributing to research and pilot schemes within homecare services where appropriate.
• Identify and implement risk reduction strategies in the homecare service.
• Resolve purchasing disputes with homecare service providers.
• Ensure good, efficient and accurate patient records are maintained within the homecare medicines service.
• Investigate, develop and report on the current and future processes for patients consenting to receive homecare medicines management.
• Independently coordinate the review of existing homecare services with multidisciplinary teams. This will involve the analysis and interpretation of key performance indicators relating to the homecare service providers including reporting and resolving any issues identified.
• Produce quality and financial reports on homecare medicines services.
• Coordinate the service review meetings for homecare medicines management working closely with homecare companies, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, other healthcare staff and
  patients.
• Maintain and promote high professional standards at all times.
  To manage the homecare medicines which have a Patient Access Scheme ensuring that patient level data is recorded, that prescribers are aware of their responsibilities and that systems are in place to ensure finance can invoice commissioners appropriately.
• Lead the recruitment process of staff to the pharmacy homecare medicines service team by reviewing establishment needs and service changes.
• Support lead pharmacists and trust clinicians in the business management of homecare services.
• To help communicate and explain service operational procedures/changes to service users, commissioners and providers.
  Investigate and manage homecare complaints and incident reporting, both internal and external in line with national standards.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Registered qualified Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• NVQ/BTEC Level 3 in Pharmacy Services skills and Pharmaceutical Science or other equivalent qualification recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Qualified to practising technician level.
• Commitment to CPD.
• Commitment to future developments in Pharmacy.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate recent relevant experience of leadership within pharmacy
• Significant experience of managing staff
• Substantial experience of training and supervision of others
• Significant experience of using computer systems
• Significant experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
• Ability to use the EMIS computer system
• Clear ideas on how their practice contributes to patient care
• Able to produce reports and other materials using Microsoft office applications
• In depth knowledge of pharmaceutical practice relevant to homecare services
• A good working knowledge of medicines frequently supplied via homecare services
• Good knowledge of Medicines Management and Pharmacy
• Clinical audit
• Incident and error reporting
• Risk assessments

Desirable criteria

• Significant experience in pharmacy homecare services
• Recent relevant experience as pharmacy technician band 6
• Demonstrate experience of implementing new services and procedures
• Significant experience of audit
• Able to demonstrate finance/accountancy knowledge or experience
• Substantial experience dealing with external agencies
• Good understanding of the NHS pharmaceutical purchasing
• Good understanding of NHS pharmaceutical contract process and negotiation
• Knowledge of Trust standing financial instructions

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Excellent organisational skills and time management
• Prioritisation and problem-solving ability
• Demonstrates people management ability
• Excellent professional standards
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining standards
• Ability to lead and drive change
• Trustworthy with strong sense of responsibility
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Self-motivating and the ability to influence others
• To be competent to deal calmly and professionally with patients, relatives and work colleagues in a confidential and sensitive manner
• Hardworking
• Diplomatic, assertive

Desirable criteria

• Education & Training skills

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that\’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa – GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JDPS (PDF, 194.6KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)

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