Controlled Drugs Management Technician and Deputy Dispensary Manager

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Pharmacy team is looking to appoint to the newly created role of Controlled Drugs Management Technician and Deputy Dispensary Manager.
This is a brand new role and therefore an exciting opportunity for a registered Pharmacy Technician looking to progress in their career and make their mark.
Under the direction of the Medication Safety Officer & Deputy Chief Pharmacist and in conjunction with the Dispensary Manager, the successful candidate will take a lead in managing the supply, security and use of Controlled Drugs and controlled stationary to Trust Wards and Departments. The post holder will be a part of the senior Pharmacy Technician team, ensuring compliance with CD licenses and legislation in the dispensary and on wards, involved in Controlled Drugs governance including investigating incidents, reporting and follow up, monitoring, audit, training and guideline development.
The post holder will deputise for the Dispensary Manager and be a senior lead in the Dispensary, carrying out final accuracy checking as an ACPT.
We provide the opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills further through our in-house development programme, supported by a friendly and experienced team.
Working patterns will include some late standby shifts, weekend and bank holiday working, and you will be required to participate in the on-call Pharmacy Technician rota.
This is a full-time, permanent post.
To support and manage the efficient day to day operation of Controlled Drugs supply to wards and departments.
Lead, support and manage the safe and secure environment of Controlled Drugs in the dispensary and at ward level.
To deliver and contribute to the education and training strategy for Trust wide staff in relation to Controlled Drugs.
To collect and analyse data to support Controlled Drugs service development and maintenance.
To work with the pharmacy senior management team to develop innovative and forward-thinking service projects to improve compliance and Controlled Drug service at our Trust.
To line manage relevant staff
To deputise for the Dispensary Manager including rota production, work flow analysis and staff management.
To carry out general dispensing, distribution and associated pharmaceutical duties for the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
Implement policies and procedures and propose changes to working practices to impact on other areas.
To assist department management by supporting and developing pharmacy governance systems
To work as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician.
Please see job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time

Please refer the Job description for details