Job summary
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Deputy Lead Clinical Services Pharmacy Tech, Urgent & Emergency Care
Band 6
Job overview
This exciting post is to support the development and training of our Clinical Pharmacy Technician team working within Urgent and Emergency Care across two of our three sites of East Kent Hospitals.
You will line manage our team Pharmacy Technicians to ensure they are well managed, supervised and supported in their development.
You will also be the Workplace Training Supervisor for the Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians within the clinical team, supporting them through the training to become qualified and registered as Pharmacy Technicians.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will act as Deputy to the Lead Clinical Pharmacy Technician in supporting in the delivery of a consistent and comprehensive Trustwide clinical service across the three sites.
- To act as line manager for clinical Pharmacy Technicians within Urgent and Emergency Care and help manage clinical activities for pharmacy staff not under their line management.
- To manage recruitment, training, supervision and development of members of the team to ensure a safe and consistent service is maintained.
- To support the training and assessment of staff training or rotating through the clinical service
- To act as a role model for all staff members and providing professional support to team members
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five
hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
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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
- Rebecca Morgan
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Services Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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