Lead Specialist Pharmacy Technician (Homecare and High Cost Drugs)

at  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team.
This is an exciting time for an experienced and high motivated pharmacy technician to join department. You will work closely in collaboration with the lead pharmacist to help develop and grow the high cost drugs (HCD) and homecare service at the trust. You will regularly liaise and link in with key stakeholders including finance, homecare companies, internal pharmacy colleagues, clinical teams and commissioners around management of HCDs and homecare. The homecare service at Sherwood Forest has grown significantly in the past several years serving over 2000 patients. You will have the responsibility to manage and develop the homecare service with support from the lead pharmacist. This will involve using initiative, problem-solving, decision-making skills and work independently on a daily basis to provide high quality service.
Moreover, you will assist the lead pharmacist in ensuring efficient HCD stock management and implementation of systems and processes to ensure the trust is reimbursed appropriate for HCD via accurate monthly commissioning reports. Thus, computer literacy and attention to detail is of high importance.
We believe in personal development and good work life balance. The role allows for hybrid working. Requests for flexible working can be considered upon further discussion
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Thank you for your interest in this role and we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
In May 2020, Kings Mill Hospital was rated Outstanding by the CQC. Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital are both rated Good and all 15 of our services are rated Good for Safety with 5 Outstanding services. We know safe, patient centred care is delivered by well supported people and in 2018 and 2019 colleagues at Sherwood rated us the best Acute Trust in the Midlands. In 2019, in the Freedom to Speak Up Index, we were the top rated Acute Trust in the East Midlands.
In 2019 and 2020 we made the shortlist for HSJ Acute Trust of the Year.
We provide outstanding healthcare across the community to 500,000 people in Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work with 5,000 colleagues in our three hospitals and have well established relationships with health and social care partners through the Mid Notts Integrated Care Partnership.
We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.
To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Please refer the Job description for details