Rotational Pharmacy Technician

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for Pharmacy Technicians to join the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust as rotational pharmacy technicians working across placements in IUC/111, 999 and the medicines packing unit. We are an inclusive and well respected team. We will support you to develop and grow your pharmacy skills both practically and strategically. We are looking for GPhC registered pharmacy technicians who are dynamic and willing to learn in a new and developing environment

London & Hithergreen or Multiple Sites

The main duties of the role include:

• To line manage and supervise the Assistant Technical Officers
• To support the production, training and implementation of SOPs.
• To undertake specialist rotational placements in the Medicines Packing Unit, Medicines Governance and Integrated Urgent Care/111 (IUC/111).
• To maintain a high standard of clinical work and pharmaceutically check and release packed drugs packs.
• To order, receipt, dispense and check controlled drugs.
• To work closely with the IUC lead pharmacist, Trust Medication Safety Officer, chief pharmacy technician and production manager.
• Travel is required to other LAS Trust sites as necessary for meetings and audit work.
• To train and assess medicines support staff

Our vision is to deliver outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed for everyone in London, 24/7, 365 days a year. Our strategy  outlines how we plan to achieve this, and is centred upon three missions focused on:

• Our care delivering outstanding emergency and urgent care whenever and wherever needed.
• Our organisation being an increasingly inclusive, well-led and highly skilled organisation people are proud to work for.
• Our London using our unique pan-London position to contribute to improving the health of the capital.

To achieve these three missions we have set ourselves 50 commitments to deliver over the next five years. In developing these ambitious commitments, we have engaged extensively both inside our organisation, with our partners and with our patients, and we have analysed population trends and horizon scanned the future.

Effectively supervise the Medicines Distribution & Medicines Store and ensuring that demand of medicines is met across the Trust and that medicines are kept in a secure manner.

To use specialist knowledge, to further develop the role and understanding of medicines management within LAS.

To support the development and delivery medicine management training, if required and agreed for a range of individuals including clinicians and non-clinicians.

Support the delivery of the corporate governance and assurance requirements and any internal/external assurance processes.

To supervise and undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own area of responsibility and contribute towards the delivery of the appropriate quality standards and targets outlined in the Trust's Risk Management Strategy.

Priority will be given to London Ambulance Service employees who are at risk of redundancy.

We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Essential

• Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
• NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Successful completion of short courses relevant to practice.
• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification.

Essential

• Experience developing and writing Standard Operating Procedures
• Experience supporting staff with training
• Experience managing staff
• Experience of undertaking research activities and dispensing clinical trial medicines
• Experience of stock management
• Experience of report writing