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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Support
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Late nights, weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis)
Job ref
328-CD-7273570
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary Manager

Band 6

Job overview

Are you an ambitious pharmacy technician looking for a new and exciting challenge? This is a rare opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to utilise their management and leadership skills, as they lead and develop dispensary services at The James Cook University Hospital. 

The dispensary is a busy, fast paced environment that provides essential dispensing services to the wards, departments, and patients of South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be responsible for the day to day efficient running of the dispensary, the completion of rotas and the supervision and training of staff.

We are looking to appoint a confident and competent technician who can demonstrate effective leadership skills, and who is looking to progress their career to manage the dynamic and friendly dispensary team. The successful candidate will be provided with all the relevant training and support, as well as provided with ample opportunities to allow personal growth, and career progression.

Applying candidates should be a motivated and positive individual who can lead and contribute to outstanding  pharmacy services, with excellent customer satisfaction and communication skills, be a strong team player, be flexible to change and have confidence to effectively liaise with other health care professionals in a hospital setting.

Main duties of the job

Supervise the dispensary staff and ensure the safe and timely supply of medicines is always maintained to the wards and departments of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.

Ensure that operational dispensary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are always maintained and followed and will contribute to the maintenance of the programme.

Undertake accurate labelling and dispensing in accordance with SOPs by interpreting prescription charts and ePMA to facilitate the safe supply of medicines.

Undertake allocated final accuracy checking slots within the dispensary as an ACT and to show continuous competency in checking accurately and safely.

Use the pharmacy computer system to maintain accurate patient records and information regarding supplies the pharmacy department have made.

Ensure dispensary staff complete allocated work to expected standards, which includes stock checks, expiry date checking and appropriate storage of medicines. To ensure that checked items are ready to be delivered as dictated by the transport schedule.

To have a working knowledge and be a superuser of the electronic systems within the dispensary which include the pharmacy/Trust computer system; the pharmacy dispensing robot; Omnicell CD cabinet, prescription tracker, and the ePMA system.

Provide professional advice and information to patients, relatives, carers, medical and nursing staff regarding prescribed medicines and further supplies.

Provide support in implementing developments within dispensing services.

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQL3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
  • Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC.
  • Nationally recognised Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualification pharmacy experience
  • Current management skills and associated HR duties.
  • Experience in the supervision of technical and support staff.
  • Experience in recruitment and selection.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Emis, Omnicell, ePMA , dispensing robots

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic, Self-motivating, Team player
  • Positive, forward-thinking attitude, able to respond, and be adaptable to change

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into healthArmed Forces CovenantBetter Health at Work Award

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paul Kirby
Job title
Chief Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 850850
Additional information

ext. 56598

Helen Jones

Deputy Chief Pharmacist

[email protected]

01642 850850 ext. 52117

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