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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Management Team at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Deputy Chief Pharmacy Technician.
This newly created Band 7 role offers a unique opportunity to help shape the future of pharmacy technician and assistant workforce service provision across the Trust. Professionally and operationally responsible for a team of staff, the successful candidate will provide leadership and support to this vital staff group across all LYPFT sites.
We are seeking a strategic and forward-thinking individual with strong leadership abilities, excellent operational insight into hospital pharmacy services, and a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the pharmacy workforce.
This role requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, alongside expert knowledge of clinical ward services. Relevant experience and strong written and verbal communication skills are also essential.
You will play a key role in quality improvement initiatives, drive service development, and contribute to the implementation of cost-saving measures, including collaborative work with partners in Leeds and York.

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The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the job description with the job advert. 
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected] 
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.