Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 996-ICB-4704-24
- Employer
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Derby City Council House
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2024
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Policy
NHS AfC: Band 6
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.
At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.
We are a disability confident employer and offer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace.'
Job overview
Following the Derby and Derbyshire ICB staff restructure, an important role have become available within the Pharmacy Directorate Team, which is part of the Medical Directorate. Supporting the Heads of Pharmacy for Policy, you will be providing senior level pharmaceutical technician assistance within the new Pharmacy Team into our next chapter as an ICB, working across the system to deliver the functions of the Pharmacy Directorate Team.
We are seeking an experienced and talented Pharmacy technician to support the work of the Pharmacy Directorate and Medical Directorate in delivering high quality, safe and effective pharmaceutical care within Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
Candidates must hold professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a pharmacy technician and have the relevant post qualification experience in primary or secondary care.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting Care Delivery and Health Equity:
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- Collaborate with the Pharmacy and Medical Directorates to ensure high-quality, safe, and effective care across care pathways within Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
- Focus on Population Health Management, prevention, and reducing Health Inequalities.
- Promote evidence-based and cost-effective use of medicines in various settings to enhance patient care.
- Project Management and Communication:
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- Contribute to scoping and developing pharmacy and medicines projects.
- Coordinate data analysis and prioritisation.
- Ensure effective planning, management, and delivery of tasks/projects.
- Lead initiatives related to pharmacy safety and efficiency.
- Facilitate communication and stakeholder management both internally and externally.
- Data Analysis and Reporting:
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- Analyse and interpret prescribing information.
- Extract key insights from data analysis.
- Make recommendations based on findings.
- Prepare and present prescribing data reports at various levels (ICB, Trusts, PCN, etc.).
- Resource Targeting and Assurance:
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- Support resource allocation, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Provide high-quality support, including complex information and analysis.
- Contribute to the development and management of systems ensuring pharmacy and medicines delivery meets standards set by the ICB and NHSE
Working for our organisation
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. We are able to accommodate a hybrid working schedule between working from our office(s) and working from home.
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB is responsible for planning and commissioning a wide range of health and care services for the whole of Derby and Derbyshire. These include GP and primary care services, hospital care, community healthcare and mental health services. We have a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. Working within the newly formed Pharmacy Directorate Team (PDT) you will be a key part in helping us shape how we work now and in the future to improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
Please note: If required we may be able to consider a change of base location to NHS Scarsdale in Chesterfield for the right candidate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Maintain constructive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate in complex, sensitive, and political working groups/projects.
- Collaborate with team members to develop accurate data collection systems.
- Communicate information, risks, and dependencies to project teams.
- Analyse specific projects/reports in detail.
- Update and organise information for future needs.
- Monitor risks and contribute to performance management.
- Review clinical intelligence data to highlight unwarranted variation in medicines and treatment pathways.
· Provide specialist advice and investigate variances.
· Support internal and external communications.
· Prepare correspondence and complex papers.
- Deliver against objectives and optimise resource use.
- Strive for efficiency and contribute to financial delivery.
- Collaborate with other ICB teams, monitoring budgets and standards.
- Collaborate with the Pharmacy Directorate Team to enhance standards aligned with business strategy, including biosimilar uptake.
- Provide training, support, and participate in recruitment.
- Enhance decision-making through reporting and analysis.
- Develop and maintain information systems and databases.
- Take the lead in developing and implementing innovative IT solutions (e.g., Blueteq system and website) to ensure compliance and transparency with commissioning intentions.
- Support with the management of the Medicines Management section of the 'Derbyshire Medicines Management and Clinical Policies' website
· Actively support and contribute to developing key performance indicators for assessing performance.
· Test and review new concepts, models, methods, practices, products, and equipment.
· Contribute to processes for sharing learning and outcomes.
· Adjust strategic planning as necessary.
· Support implementation of modernisation, service improvement, and other strategies.
· Contribute to performance and governance strategies.
· Formulate plans and strategic direction within the team.
· Deliver against objectives, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines.
· Lead projects related to pharmacy and medicines, focusing on safety and efficiency, including the uptake of biosimilars for high-cost drugs.
· Coordinate prescribing data for Pharmacy Directorate Team assurance and reporting.
· Propose changes to own project/function, informing policy.
· Contribute to reviewing and developing existing information management systems.
· Foster an integrated approach to project management.
· Implement the ICB strategic medicines safety plan, monitoring high-risk prescribing using digital solutions.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the behaviours that underpin the ICBs core value of 'One Team'
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes
- Knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development;
- Knowledge and experience of prescribing reporting and analysis using data sets and information systems such as RightCare, EPACT2, OptimiseRx, Eclipse Analytics, Open Prescribing and PrescQIPP;
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences;
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis
Desirable criteria
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals;
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Khatib
- Job title
- Head of Pharmacy - Policy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07867152570
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Team
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor Kingsway House (Entrance D)
Kingsway
Derby
DE22 3LZ
- Telephone
- 07900 135638
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