Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

at  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic senior Medicines Management Pharmacy technician with vision, and excellent organisational and management skills to provide professional and managerial leadership to our ward-based pharmacy technical service team.
In addition to excellent communication and leadership skills, you should be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and have current experience of working within a ward based medicines management pharmacy technician in a senior role. Evidence of multi-disciplinary teamwork and project management is beneficial as is the experience of change management, strategic service development, and management of teams.
We are passionate about nurturing the skills of professionals with limited experience. Therefore, we welcome applications from Medicines Management Pharmacy technicians interested in a Band 6 - 7 development role.
For further information, please contact Ade Ukoha, Associate Chief Pharmacist for Clinical Services on 0118 322 7800 or email adegbayi.ukoha@royalberkshire.nhs.uk.
To manage and lead the ward-based pharmacy technical service. Main responsibilities include staff management, recruitment, selection, training and development of all grades of staff working within the pharmacy medicine management team.
To be responsible for all aspects of the operational management of the ward-based pharmacy technical service including the development of systems for service provision in line with departmental and Trust strategic objectives.
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high-quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading’s biggest employer.
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