Deputy Lead Clinical Services Pharmacy Tech, Urgent & Emergency Care
Job Description
Job title: Deputy Lead Clinical Services Pharmacy Tech, Urgent & Emergency Care
Company: NHS
Job description: We have an exciting new opportunity for a Pharmacy leader to be at the forefront of patient care as a specialist in and lead of a team of pharmacy technicians within the ED and AMU at East Kent. The role is spread across the two main hospital sites William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.Within this role you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, enhance clinical skills, and contribute to service development in an ever-growing team. Our aim is to build a pharmacy workforce at the fore-front of the hospital, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, to deliver patient care at a time where it can have the most impact on patient outcomes from hospital treatment. Significant investment has been made over the last few years, developing new roles within ED and AMU for pharmacy technicians.Both Emergency Departments are new facilities which include ePMA and automated medicines cabinets”.Main duties of the job
- The post holder will act as Deputy to the Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician in supporting in the delivery of a consistent and comprehensive Trustwide clinical service across the three sites.
- To act as line manager for clinical Pharmacy Technicians within Urgent and Emergency Care and help manage clinical activities for pharmacy staff not under their line management.
- To manage recruitment, training, supervision and development of members of the team to ensure a safe and consistent service is maintained.
- To support the training and assessment of staff training or rotating through the clinical service
- To act as a role model for all staff members and providing professional support to team members
About usWe are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is ‘great healthcare from great people’. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.Date posted11 November 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Annualised hoursReference number344-2922DCB-CJob locationsWilliam Harvey HospitalMargate/Ashford (TBC)TN24 0LZJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
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Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
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ExperienceEssential
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SkillsEssential
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Personal and professionalEssential
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Expected salary: £37338 – 44962 per year
Location: Ashford, Kent – Margate, Kent
