We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Critical Care Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team.
In this pivotal role, you will work closely with the Lead Critical Care Pharmacists to deliver high quality, patient centred care. You will support safe and efficient medication management for critically ill patients and play an essential part in the ongoing expansion of our Critical Care pharmacy service.
You will take on leadership responsibilities through line management of junior staff, contribute to clinical audits, and actively participate in service development initiatives. Your expertise will also help shape training and education for colleagues, while your collaboration with multidisciplinary teams will drive improvements in pharmacy workflows and patient outcomes.
The ideal candidate will bring strong communication skills, a passion for patient care, and the confidence to thrive in a fast paced, high acuity environment.
The postholder will play a key role in supporting the lead Critical Care Pharmacist(s) by:
Medicines management such as updating stock lists, fridge temperature monitoring, (including resolving temperature excursions), controlled drug and general stock management, new product risk assessments and drug shortages
Assisting with clinical audits and research to drive innovation
Attending or deputising for the lead pharmacist(s) in Critical Care/pharmacy meetings when necessary
Deliver training and education to nurses around medicines management, including pharmacy workflow processes e.g. prescription tracking system
Participate in dispensary duties such as dispensing and accuracy checking during weekday, late night and weekend services
Line management responsibilities, including appraisal, and support for ongoing development
Support with the development of a step-down service, helping to ensure medicines safety and optimisation on transfer from critical care to the wards
Contributing to the investigation of, and handling medicines-related incidents using the DATIX system.
Design, implement and lead a medicines safety focus group on critical care; involving nursing colleagues to analyse medicines incidents, identify trends, prioritise areas for staff education to implement best practice
Clinical MDT attendance and participation e.g. facilitating drug supply
Collect, monitor and report on KPI including analysis of drug expenditure reports to support cost-effective medicines management
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
*Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures equivalent to degree level acquired through training and experience.
*NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
*Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
*Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification.
*Medicines Reconciliation qualification.
*Specialist knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures and workflows
*Experience of leading a team
*Experience of embedding new ways or working within teams
*Experiences of training and supervising staff
As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Victoria Marquiss
v.marquiss@nhs.net
01223638179
Agenda for Change
Band 6
Fixed Term
1 Year(s)
Full-Time
175-2627-PH1670
Royal Papworth Hospital Papworth Road Cambridge Bio Medical Campus Cambridge CB2 0AY