This senior post leads the stores and distribution side of pharmacy at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, where a new centralised stores and over-labelling unit is being set up. The work centres on daily technical leadership of stores staff, service audit and improvement, and keeping medicines storage and stockholding safe and cost-effective. It is distinct for its systems role, running the CMM system, the stock robot, automated drug cabinets and temperature monitoring, alongside line management of staff. Applicants need GPhC pharmacy technician registration and a Band 6 background in hospital pharmacy.
What the job involves
- Deliver an effective, efficient, high-quality medicines distribution service meeting professional and regulatory standards across Imperial College Healthcare sites
- Provide daily technical leadership and professional guidance to all stores staff
- Ensure safe medicines storage and cost-effective stockholding and supply from stores
- Act as systems manager for CMM, the stock robot, automated drug cabinets and temperature monitoring systems
- Help shape the development and delivery of a new centralised stores and over-labelling unit
- Ensure a flexible service responsive to customer needs
- Support the Principal Technician and Principal Pharmacist, Patient Services, in delivering the service
- Champion learning and quality improvement in pharmacy
- Help audit the service against set standards and review service provision
- Help maintain the quality and accuracy of system information
What’s required
Qualifications
- Quality improvement qualification, or equivalent experience in change management
- Accredited Checking Technician
Registration & licences
- Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
Experience
- Significant experience at Band 6 in a relevant hospital setting
- Extensive experience within dispensary services
- Experience of line managing staff, including performance management, PDP setting and appraisal
- Experience using data to evaluate a service
- Experience looking after pharmacy computer systems
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
- Analytical ability for problem solving
- Ability to identify and manage risks
Nice to have
- Management qualification, e.g. Edward Jenner course, or equivalent experience
- NVQ Assessor, or equivalent qualification
- Knowledge of budget management
- Experience delivering a clinical trials dispensing service
- Experience with aseptic manufacturing services
What’s offered
- Career development
- Flexible working and wellbeing
- Staff recognition scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Car lease schemes
- Season ticket loan
- Membership options for onsite leisure facilities
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
