Lead Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Mechanisms

The post holder will support the Lead Pharmacist for Medicines Mechanisms to deliver the Medicines Mechanisms agenda across University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG). The role will achieve the coordination, assurance and continuous improvement of systems and processes that underpin safe, effective and legally compliant supply and administration of medicines to individuals, including protocols, formularies, delegation arrangements and associated governance. The post holder will provide specialist technical advice and leadership within their agreed scope, contributing to education, audit and service improvement activity, working collaboratively with pharmacy and multidisciplinary colleagues to embed a strong medicines governance culture across the organisation.

Main duties of the job Support the achievement of statutory, regulatory and best-practice standards underpinning the administration and supply of medicines to individuals across UHLG. Maintain robust systems for assurance that the administration and supply of medicines to individuals across UHLG meets statutory, regulatory and best practice standards. Proactively identify and appropriately elevate issues and risks relating to the administration and supply of medicines to individuals across UHLG.

Ensure that Trust guidelines, policies, and procedures relating to the supply and administration of medicines to individuals are regularly reviewed, harmonised and updated in line with the latest clinical evidence and national guidance, Communicate effectively with a wide range of colleagues to ensure awareness of relevant medicines governance standards and risk. Represent the Medicines Mechanisms Team and contribute specialist guidance at departmental and organisational forums, to ensure relevant statutory, regulatory and best practice standards are understood, that issues are identified and appropriately resolved.

Provide expert input to working groups supporting the delivery of the Medicines Mechanisms agenda across the organisation. Develop relevant education and training material and support delivery of training to increase the capability of UHLG workforce to enable best practice within pharmacy and multidisciplinary teams across the organisation. Ensure insights and escalations (eg complaints) are responded to in line with departmental processes and organisational policy.

Design, undertake and support the implementation of actions and tests of change arising from audit and research, and ensure effective monitoring is undertaken to completion/impact assessment. Deputise for the Medicines Mechanisms Lead Pharmacist when appropriate to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered in line with departmental and organisational priorities. Provide advice to, and respond to queries from, individuals seeking to develop protocols and formularies for the supply and administration of medicines to individuals.

Check and process applications to develop protocols and formularies for the supply and administration of medicines to individuals. Apply expertise to ensure protocols and formularies for the supply and administration of medicines to individuals meet relevant approval standards. Navigate protocol and formulary development requests to relevant working and oversight groups. Develop and maintain effective systems, processes and databases of protocols and formularies for the supply and administration of medicines to individuals, monitor and provide update reports to relevant working and oversight groups.

Work with clinical pharmacists to ensure that protocols and formularies for the supply and administration of medicines to individuals are clinically appropriate and compatible with day to day operational delivery. Attend and…