Band 6 - Lead Pharmacy Technician, HWE Surgical Centre

Do you want to be part of a team working in brand new, purpose-built theatres providing planned surgery for patients across Hertfordshire and west Essex?

We are looking NOW for talented staff to form the core team that will be the beating heart of the Hertfordshire and West Essex Surgical Centre being built at St Albans City Hospital and set to open in Spring 2025.

More than 4,000 patients will be seen at the hub each year for non-complex orthopaedic, hip and knee surgery as well as ear, nose and throat procedures and spinal injections. Being separated from emergency services will reduce the risk of short-notice cancellations.

This is a fabulous opportunity to play a key role in a flagship collaborative project between the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Herts and West Essex Integrated Care Board.

The Surgical Centre will focus on Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) standards and will be a highly efficient facility, achieving 85% theatre utilisation and operating sessions over an extended 10-hour day, four days a week, with shorter, 8-hour operating session taking place on Friday and Saturdays.,

• To provide leadership to and manage the work of Pharmacy technicians and assistants including the organisation of workload and supervision of staff.


• To assist with the development and implementation of pharmacy objectives relating to dispensary services.


• To facilitate smooth and timely supply of medicines for discharge, inpatients, and outpatients.


• To share good medication safety practice with department and ensure that staff display the necessary competencies for safe and secure handling of medicines in accordance with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) professional standards and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Leadership Framework and Hospital standards.


• To provide a safe, efficient, and patient-focused pharmacy service to all users.
  
  With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.


We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.