Band 7 Lead Pharmacy Technician - ICU and Theatres

There is an exciting opportunity for a senior band 7 pharmacy technician to lead and manage the provision of a pharmacy technical service to the intensive care units and theatres at the Royal Free Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for all technical aspects of medicines management in these areas and for development and delivery of the pharmacy technical service to these areas., The main role of this post holder will be to establish and manage the provision of a pharmacy technical service to the intensive care units, theatres (including day surgery) and resuscitation team at the Royal Free Hospital.

In addition, they will also establish and manage the provision of a clinical technical service to the intensive care units at the Royal Free Hospital and be responsible for all technical aspects of medicines management. This will include helping to complete the medicines reconciliation process for all patients and ensuring safe, appropriate and timely supply of medicines. They will also take responsibility for appropriate supply of stock items to the wards and introduce stock lists for controlled drugs along with a robust and secure method for ordering and supplying them. Regular review of all stock lists to improve stock holding efficiency will also be a key role for this post.

The post holder will consistently work in an accurate, effective, and efficient manner to support the provision of a high-quality service to patients, Trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.

The post-holder must always carry out their role in line with the Trust World Class values.

The post holder will consistently work in an accurate, effective, and efficient manner to support the provision of a high-quality service to patients, trust staff and departments. They will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care.

The Intensive care unit at the Royal Free Hospital comprises of 50 intensive care beds with over 1500 patients admitted to ICU each year. The Royal Free hospital is a major tertiary referral centre for medical and surgical specialities with the critical care directorate providing services to support all our inpatient specialities including hepatobiliary, surgery, hepatology, complex vascular surgery, infectious diseases and haematology. Royal Free has an active organ transplant programme and the department of intensive care medicine cares for more than 100 liver transplant recipients each year., Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free Hospitals and more than 30 services in the community. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

The Trust takes pride as one of the major specialist centres for infectious diseases, liver and renal transplants, breast and plastic surgery, myeloma, and neuroendocrine tumours. Working in one of the main speciality centres brings exciting opportunities to see a range of patients at different levels of complexities. Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The Pharmacy department is a friendly, progressive and expanding unit dedicated to providing the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and service in this internationally renowned teaching hospital. Quality improvement and cost-effective, safe use of medicines is at the forefront of everything we do.