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Lead Pharmacy Technician – Strategy

Lead Pharmacy Technician – Strategy

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care BoardDerby
30+ days ago
Salary
£46,148.00–£52,809.00 yearly
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for two Lead Pharmacy Technician roles has become available within the Pharmacy Directorate Team, which is part of the Medical Directorate. Supporting the Head of Pharmacy, Associate and Assistant Directors of Pharmacy and their team, you will be providing leadership to an experienced, redesigned, Pharmacy Team into our next chapter as an ICB, working with the wider healthcare system to integrate pharmacy and medicines optimisation.

We are seeking an experienced Pharmacy technician with leadership experience, including managing teams, strategic planning, building and maintaining stakeholder networks.

You will support the Head of Pharmacy, Associate and Assistant Directors of Pharmacy and the work of the Medical Directorate in delivering high quality, safe and effective care across Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

The available posts include a permanent full time post and a secondment full time post until the 31st August 2025.

Candidates should ensure they have their employers support, in line with their employers processes, when applying for this secondment.

Main duties of the job

  • Support the work of the Pharmacy Directorate and Medical Directorate in delivering high quality, safe and effective care across care pathways within Joined Up Care Derbyshire whilst delivering Population Health Management, prevention and the effective reduction in Health Inequalities;
  • Support the Head of Pharmacy, Associate and Assistant Directors of Pharmacy and their team to ensure that their workstream of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery :
  • Lead and drive Pharmacy Directorate Team priorities, matrix working across the Team;
  • Manage the Pharmacy Directorate Team's business function to improve the quality, safety and cost effectiveness of relevant clinical interventions whilst achieving medicines and pharmacy cost efficiencies savings. This includes developing and managing the Pharmacy Directorate Team's business plan, progress and reporting risk and issue management;
  • Line manage and be responsible for the workload and performance of other staff as required, and carry out their recruitment, induction and training, appraisal and sickness absence monitoring;
  • Lead the successful delivery of projects, to achieve key ICB and / or ICS targets, including but not limited to cost efficiency schemes, including the set-up, implementation and evaluation as assigned by the Associate / Assistant Directors or Heads of Pharmacy;

About us

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note, Interviews will be held on the 26th or 27th September

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

The 2024 / 25 pay award is due to be reflected in pay from October 2024, with any arrears due paid in November 2024

Person Specification

Knowledge training and experience

Essential

  • BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent;
  • BTEC Professional diploma (or willingness to work towards) or equivalent level of experience;
  • Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council;
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area;
  • Post-graduate degree in Management Studies or equivalent experience;
  • Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment;
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments;

    • Communication skills

    Essential

  • Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.

    • Analytical

    Essential

  • Knowledge of Financial Systems monitoring budget management and Epact2 prescribing data;

    • Other

    Essential

  • Experience of managing a team without direct line management;

    • Values

    Essential

  • Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'