Lead Pharmacy Technician

We are looking for an experienced Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician to join our Senior Pharmacy Leadership team as the Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician for Medicines Value. This is a new and exciting opportunity and will be key in supporting the Trust and department's delivery of the Cost Improvement Programme., The successful applicant will work closely with other senior leads to co-ordinate medicines value workstreams and help drive forward locally identified priorities.

• You must have significant post qualification experience, be assertive and have a passion for best value medicines procurement and cost saving.
• You must possess excellent IT and data analysis skills.
• It is essential that you can work accurately and quickly under pressure and be able to prioritise your workload., Registration with the GPhC
• Knowledge and skills equivalent to post graduate diploma level, specifically to include a sound knowledge of pharmacy Operational issues.
• Proven track record of managing teams to high performance levels and through change.
• Currently working within the RBFT as a Senior Technician managing a team/section
• Leadership/Management qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
• Member of APTUK
• NVQ A1 workplace assessor award
• ECDL qualification
• Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE) or equivalent, Significant post qualification hospital pharmacy practice
• Proven effective management of a team
• Significant experience of working in healthcare in a range of settings and roles
• Proven track record of delivering change in practice to short deadlines and to a high standard
• Experience of service delivery in a service dealing directly with patients, including demonstrable effective customer care services
• Experience of delivering cost savings
• Experience of managing staff, including recruitment, appraisal and staff development
• Experience of working with clinical areas across the trust to deliver improvements and financial savings
Desirable criteria
• Involvement in a major change project at organisation or inter organisation level
• Formal financial training
• Experience of leading on business plan developments with deliverable outcomes
• Budget responsibilities, Knowledge of all aspects of hospital pharmacy services, including dispensary, distribution, purchasing, homecare and aseptic services
• Proven experience of applying NHS strategy to operational management and good understanding of NHS management and strategy
• Knowledge of budgets and Trust financial systems, Ability to communicate highly complex information, both verbally and in writing to senior managers on all aspects of pharmacy practice
• Demonstrable analytical skills to assimilate complex information and present detailed reports for senior managers in the organisation
• Demonstrable ability to initiate and manage audits and project work.
• Demonstrable leadership ability and motivational, inspirational and visionary leadership style
• Demonstrable complex computer and IT skills, including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry
• Proven negotiating and influencing skills and ability to deal with conflict and complaints
• Proven ability to contribute to business planning and development of action plans.
• Proven ability in proposing, developing and writing departmental and Trust policies, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community." We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical. Diversity is what makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding. Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community., Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK. The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good. Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen., By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period. The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.

Staff Benefits
• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• NHS pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• On-site nursery (based at RBH)
• Full educational library services
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
• Bus to work scheme
• Excellent rail and bus links
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.