Rotational Pharmacy Technician

at  London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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

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 organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
The Medicines Management Team is new and growing rapidly. Our Team is tight knit and work well together. Being new, has enabled a lot of innovation to occur and service improvement continues to blossom. This vacancy would suit a ACT accredited pharmacy technician with a strong NHS background who is looking for a Team that can provide a high level of mentoring and support on an on-going basis. Limited free parking is available at our current and new medicines packing units as well as good transport links
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.
Applicants are advised to read all the information enclosed in the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
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